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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Coulsdon and Purley 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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STATISTICS.
1. GENERAL.
Area (acres), 8,577.
Population (1921), 21,493 ; (1925), 23,870.
Number of inhabited houses (1921), 4,426; (1925), 5,645.
Rateable Value, £292,074.
Sum represented by a penny rate, £1,130.
2. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
| Total | M. | F. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | Legitimate | 346 | 176 | 170 | Birth-rate, | 14.9 |
| Illegitimate | 11 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Deaths | 175 | Death-rate, | 7.3 | |||
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth :—
From Sepsis Nil.
From other causes Nil.
Deaths of infants under one year of age :—
Per 1,000 legitimate births 43
Per 1,000 illegitimate births 90
Total 44
Deaths from :—
Measles (all ages) Nil.
Whooping Cough (all ages) 2
Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 1