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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 1956

[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, mid 195666,460
Population, Census 193137,666
Population, Census 195163,770
Number of occupied houses, December, 1956 .19,591
Number of occupied houses, 19319,533
Number of occupied houses, 195118,071
Rateable Value, December, 1956£1,283,180
Sum represented by a penny rate£5,225

Table: VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1956.

VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1956.

TotalM.F.Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population
Live Births do.Legitimate88547141413.6
Illegitimate21714
906478428Corrected Birth Rate
14-6
Rate per 1,000 (live and still)births.
Still Births do.Legitimate131014.1
Illegitimate---
1310
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population
Death93139253914.0
Corrected Death Rate 9.1
Deaths from puerperal causes:—Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births.
Puerperal Sepsis—-
Other Puerperal causes--
Total--
Death Rates of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births9.9
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births10.2
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births—
Deaths from Cancer(all ages)152
Deaths from Measles(all ages)Nil.
Deaths from Whooping Cough(all ages)Nil.
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years)Nil.