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HEALTH REPORT FOR 1958.
PART 1
The Urban District of Coulsdon and Purley was constituted
by an Order of the Local Government Board dated 1st November,
1914, and came into existence on the 7th April, 1915. It has
therefore been a separate District for just over 44 years.
Situated on the North Downs immediately to the south of
Croydon, it is a well-favoured "dormitory" suburb, with a very
considerable proportion of its area forming part of the "Green
Belt". Thanks to successful Town Planning Schemes in the past
there is comparatively little dense development, most of the houses
being well spaced.
The majority of the residents who work do so in London
or Croydon, travelling to and fro daily. Locally there are no
really large manufacturing or other industries, most of the
residents employed in the District being connected with building
and decorating, with the provision of food and the other wants
of the inhabitants, or attached to the mental hospitals. The
amount of unemployment, apart from temporary unemployment
pending transfer, is still negligible.
AREA AND POPULATION.
The District has an area of 11,142 acres, these being distributed
among the wards as follows:-
Coulsdon East 2,812
Coulsdon West 1,253
Kenley 1,292
Purley 685
Sanderstead 2,311
Selsdon and Farleigh 1,924
Woodcote 865
and at the time of the 1951 census the population was shown to
be 63,770 as compared with 68,580 for the mid-year 1958.
These numbers include persons resident in Institutions in the
District, the numbers of which at the end of 1958 were as follows:-
Cane Hill Hospital 2,380
Netherne Hospital 2,592
Russell Hill School 227
Reedham School 254
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