Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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STATISTICS OP THE AREA
1947 | 1948 | |
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Area in Acres | 4358.15 | 4338.15 |
Registrar General's Estimate of the Resident Population | 80,590 | 81,320 |
Number of inhabited houses (end of year) according to the Rate Book | 22,306 | 22,857 |
Rateable Value and sum represented by a Penny Rate | £901,065 £3,685 | £897,257 £3,670 |
EXTRACTS PROM VITAL STATISTICS COMPARATIVE OP THE YEARS 1947 AND 1948
Total | 1947 Male | Female | Total | 1948 Male | Female | England & Wales 1948 | |
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Live Births | 1446 | 753 | 693 | 1203 | 591 | 612 | |
Legitimate | 1380 | 717 | 663 | 1151 | 564 | 587 | |
Illegitimate | 66 | 36 | 30 | 52 | 27 | 25 | |
Birth Rate per 1000 of the Estimated Resident Population | 17.9 | 14.8 | 17.9 | ||||
Still Births | 30 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 8 | |
Legitimate | 27 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 7 | |
Illegitimate | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | ||
Rate per 1000 total (live and still births) | 20.3 | 17.2 | 23.0 | ||||
Deaths | 886 | 435 | 451 | 806 | 382 | 424 | |
Death Rate per 1000 of the Estimated Resident Population | 10.9 | 9.9 | 10.8 | ||||
Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | 0 | |||||
Other Puerperal Causes | 0 | 1 | |||||
Death rate from Puerperal Causes per 1000 total (live and still births) | 0.68 | 0.82 | 0.86 | ||||
Deaths of Infants under one year of ago | |||||||
All Infants per 1000 live births | 30.43 | 28.26 | 34.0 | ||||
Legitimate Infants per 1000 legitimate live births | 29.0 | 26.07 | |||||
Illegitimate Infants per 1000 illegitimate live births | 60.6 | 76.92 |
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