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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Cane Hill Hospital 2,486
Netherne Hospital 2,145
Russell Hill School 238
Reedham Orphanage 265
In 1952 there were 17,798 occupied houses, distributed as
follows:—
Coulsdon East 2,749
Coulsdon West 3,109
Purley 2,622
Woodcote 1,644
Sanderstead 4,649
Selsdon and Farleigh 1,738
Kenley 1,287
This suggests an average of 3.61 persons per occupied house
in 1952, or 3,32 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.
VITAL STATISTICS.
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 1951 and 1952.
Rates per 1,000 population. | 1920-1924. | 1925-1929. | 1930-1934. | 1935-1939. | 1940-1944. | 1945-1949. | 1951. | 1952. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Birth rate | 13.5 | 12.9 | 11.6 | 12.8 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 12.2 | 11.7 |
Percentage illegitimate | 3.4% | 3.7% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 3.1 %' | 1.9% |
Stillbirth rate | — | — | — | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.40 | 0.36 | 0.14 |
Death rate | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 11.5 | 10.2 |
Cancer death rate | 0.96 | 1.15 | 1.35 | 1.19 | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.91 | 1.78 |
Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 population) | 57 | 36 | 38 | 35 | 48 | 36 | 33 | 22 |
Violence including Suicide | 0.44 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.46 | 0.82 | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.34 |
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births | 2.08 | 2.66 | 3.21 | 2.27 | 2.10 | 1.12 | Nil. | Nil. |
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 re gistered births) | 28 | 38 | 32 | 38 | 40 | 26 | 22 | 24 |
Neo-natal mortality rate | - | - | - | 26 | 28 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
Estimated population | 21,351 | 28,950 | 41,616 | 53,084 | 49,880 | 60,610 | 64,200 | 64.180 |