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In December, 1958 there were 20,574 occupied houses, distributed
as follows:—
Coulsdon East 3,515
Coulsdon West 3,226
Purley 2,775
Woodcote 1,825
Sanderstead North 2,428
Sanderstead South 3,104
Selsdon 1,929
Kenley 1,772
This gives an average of 3.33 persons per occupied house in
1958, or 3.06 if the institutional population is excluded.
PART 2
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 11,142
Registrar-General's estimate of population, mid 1958 68,580
Population, Census 1931 37,666
Population, Census 1951 63,770
Number of occupied houses, December, 1958 20,574
Number of occupied houses, 1931 9,533
Number of occupied houses, 1951 18,071
Rateable Value, December, 1958£1,310,768
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,275
VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1958
M F
Live Births 980 Live Births - Legitimate 488 460 Live Births - Illegitimate 10 22
Live birth rate per 1,000 population 15.8*
Still-births 13 Still-births - Legitimate 7 6 Still-births - Illegitimate - -
Still-birth rate per 1,000
live and still-births 13.0
Total live and still-births 992
Infant deaths 17 Infant deaths -
Legitimate 6 9
Infant deaths -
Illegitimate - 2
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births - total 17.3
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births - legitimate 15.8
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births - illegitimate 62.5
Neo Natal Mortality rate per 1,000 live births (first four
weeks) 12.3
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 3.2%
Maternal deaths (including abortion) 1
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births 1.00
M F
Deaths 877 370 507
Death rate per 1,000
population 8.7*
* Corrected.
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