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HEALTH REPORT FOR 1959
PART 1
AREA AND POPULATION
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 45 years. Situated
on the North Downs and for the most part in the Green Belt it is
a well favoured residential area.
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
At the time of the 1951 census the population was shown to
be 63,770 as compared with 69,320 for the mid-year 1959.
These numbers include persons resident in institutions and
schools in the District, the numbers of which at the end of 1959
were as follows:—
Cane Hill Hospital 2,261
Netherne Hospital 2,056
Russell Hill School 226
Reedham School 246
In December, 1959 there were 20,691 occupied houses, distributed
as follows:—
Coulsdon East 3,554
Coulsdon West 3,207
Purley 2,768
Woodcote 1,810
Sanderstead North 2,476
Sanderstead South 3,126
Selsdon 1,915
Kenley 1,835
This gives an average of 3.35 persons per occupied house in
1959, or 3.11 if the institutional population is excluded.
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