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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 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]

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Table: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

Area (in acres)11,182
Registrar-General's estimate of population, 194050,920
Population, Census 193137,666
Number of occupied houses, December 194016,535
Number of occupied houses, 19319,533
Rateable Value, December 1940£745,150
Sum represented by a penny rate£2,80L

Table: VITAL STATISTICS.

VITAL STATISTICS.

Total.M.F.Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population.
Live Births - Legitimate60731229512.3
do - Illegitimate19910
626321305
Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births.
Still Births - Legitimate1881027.9
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population.
Deaths58826632211.5
Deaths from Puerperal causes:-Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births.
Puerperal Sepsisl1.56
Other Puerperal causes23.11

Table: Death Rates of Infants under one year of age:-

Death Rates of Infants under one year of age:-

All infants per 1,000 live births37
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births33
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births158
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)74
Deaths from Measles (all ages)Nil.
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages)Nil.
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years)Nil.