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Coulsdon and Purley 1946

[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)11,142
Registrar-General's estimate of population, 194660,390
Population, Census 193137,666
Number of occupied houses, December, 194616,692
Number of occupied houses, 19319,533
Rateable Value, December, 1946£745,720
Sum represented by a penny rate£3,008

Table: VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1946.

VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1946.

Total.M.F.Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population.
Live Births—Legitimate1,028532496
do. Illegitimate371225
17.6
1,065544521
Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births.
Still Births—Legitimate392217
do. Illegitimate1—1
———36.2
402218
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population.
Deaths5912803119.8
Deaths from Puerperal causesRate per 1,000 (live and still) births.
Puerperal Sepsis21.81
Other Puerperal causes10.90
Total32.71

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 births25
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births25
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births27
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)117
Deaths from Measles (all ages)Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages)Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years)1