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Coulsdon and Purley 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]

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PART 2
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 11.142
Registrar-General's estimate of population, mid 1961 73,800
Population, Census 1951 63,770
Population, Census 1961 74,738
Number of occupied houses, December, 1961 21,254
Number of occupied houses, 1951 18,071
Number of occupied houses, 1931 9,533
Rateable Value, December, 1961 £1,410,113
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,780

Table: VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1961

VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1961

MF
Live births1,116Live-births - Legitimate531537
Live birth rate per 1,000 population15.1Live-births - Illegitimate2424
Corrected16.3
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births = 4.3
Still-births17Still-births - Legitimate511
Still-birth rate per 1,000 live and still-births15.0Still-births - Illegitimate1-
Total live and still-births1,133Infant deaths -
Infant deaths13
Legitimate57
Infant deaths -
Illegitimate-1
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births - total11.6
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births - legitimate11.2
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births - illegitimate20.8
Neo Natal Mortality rate per 1,000 live births (first four weeks)8.9
Early Neo Natal Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births (first week)7.1
Perinatal Mortality Rate per 1.000 live and still-births (still-births and deaths under 1 week combined)22.0
Maternal deaths (including abortion)-
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births-
Deaths886MF
386500
Death rate per 1,000 population12.0
Corrected9.0