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HEALTH REPORT FOR 1960
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 46 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
The mid year population was 70,200 in 1960 as compared
with 63,770 at the time of the 1951 census.
These numbers include persons resident in institutions and
schools in the District, the numbers of which at the end of 1960
were as follows:—
Cane Hill Hospital 2,218
Netherne Hospital 1,951
Russell Hill School 221
Reedham School 248
In December, 1960 there were 21,077 occupied houses,
distributed as follows:—
Coulsdon East 3,583
Coulsdon West 3,223
Purley 2,784
Woodcote 1.824
Sanderstead North 2,611
Sanderstead South 3,169
Selsdon 1,917
Kenley 1,966
This gives an average of 3.33 persons per occupied house in
1960, or 3.11 if the institutional population is excluded.
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