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 Coulsdon]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 11,182
Registrar-General's estimate of population, 1935 48,570
Population, Census, 1931 37,666
Number of occupied houses, December, 1935 12,749
Number of occupied houses, 1931 8,533
Rateable Value £622,905
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,473
VITAL STATISTICS.
Birth Rate per 1,000 of the
estimated resident population.
Total. M. F.
Live Births—Legitimate 568 290 278
,, ,, —Illegitimate 25 11 14 12.2
593 301 292
Rate per 1,000 (live
and still) births.
Still Births .. .. 28 12 16 45.1
Death Rate per 1,000 of the
estimated resident population.
Deaths 388 195 193 7.9
Rate per 1,000 (live
and still) births.
Deaths from Puerperal causes :—
Puerperal Sepsis Nil —
Other Puerperal causes 1 1.61
Death Rates of Infants under one year of age :—
All Infants per 1,000 live births 32
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate births 31
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 Illegitimate births 40
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 1
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