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Coulsdon and Purley 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]

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Table: These numbers include persons resident in Institutions in the District, the numbers of which at the end of 1951 were as follows:—

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These numbers include persons resident in Institutions in the District, the numbers of which at the end of 1951 were as follows:—

Netherne Hospital	2,273
Russell Hill School	235
Reedham Orphanage	269

Table: In 1951 there were 18,071 occupied houses, distributed as follows

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In 1951 there were 18,071 occupied houses, distributed as follows

Coulsdon East	2,805
Coulsdon West	3,140
Purley	2,690
Woodcote	1,650
Sanderstead	4,701
Selsdon and Farleigh	1,764
Kenley	1,321

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This suggests an average of 3.55 persons per occupied house
in 1951, or 3.25 if the institutional population is excluded. The
latter is comparable with 3.66 at the time of the 1931 Census, and
the former with an average of 4.3 per house in 1915.

Table: VITAL STATISICS.The following table gives the average population, birth, death, maternal and other important mortality rates for the quinquennial periods 1920-1949, together with the actual figures for 1950 and 1951.

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VITAL STATISICS.

The following table gives the average population, birth, death, maternal and other important mortality rates for the quinquennial periods 1920-1949, together with the actual figures for 1950 and 1951.

Rates per 1,000 population.	1920-1924.	1925-1929.	1930-1934.	1935-1939.	1940-1944.	1945-1949.	1950.	1951.
Birth rate	13.5	12.9	11.6	12.8	15.2	15.2	11.7	12.2
Percentage illegitimate	3.4%	3.7%	2.8%	3.4%	3.9%	3.4%	2.9%	3.1%
Stillbirth rate	—	—	—	0.43	0.48	0.40	0.20	0.36
Death rate	7.4	7.0	7.4	8.3	11.4	9.7	9.5	11.5
Cancer death rate	0.96	1.15	1.35	1.19	1.70	1.75	1.84	1.91
Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 population)	57	36	38	35	48	36	26	33
Violence including Suicide	0.44	0.35	0.32	0.46	0.82	0.37	0.37	0.45
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births	2.08	2.66	3.21	2.27	2.10	1.12	2.60	Nil.
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 re gist ered births)	28	38	32	38	40	26	17	22
Neo-natal mortality rate	—	—	—	26	28	19	11	18
Estimated population	21,351	28,950	41,616	53,084	49,880	60,610	64,490	64,200

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Coulsdon and Purley 1951

Table: These numbers include persons resident in Institutions in the District, the numbers of which at the end of 1951 were as follows:—

Table: In 1951 there were 18,071 occupied houses, distributed as follows

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Table: VITAL STATISICS.The following table gives the average population, birth, death, maternal and other important mortality rates for the quinquennial periods 1920-1949, together with the actual figures for 1950 and 1951.