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HEALTH REPORT FOR 1961
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 47 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 73,800 in 1961 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 1961
were as follows:—
Cane Hill Hospital 2,185
Netherne Hospital 1,979
Russell Hill School 213
Reedham School 220
In December, 1961 there were 21,254 occupied houses,
distributed as follows:—
Coulsdon East 3,592
Coulsdon West 3,225
Purley 2,833
Woodcote 1,828
Sanderstead North 2,666
Sanderstead South 3,192
Selsdon and Farleigh 1,921
Kenley 1,997
This gives an average of 3.47 persons per occupied house in
1961, or 3.25 if the institutional population is excluded.
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