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HEALTH REPORT FOR 1963
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 49 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 2,870
Coulsdon West 1,248
Kenley 1,261
Purley 669
Sanderstead North. 701
Sanderstead South 1,448
Selsdon and Farleigh 2,075
Woodcote 870
The mid year population was 74,200 in 1963 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 1963
were as follows:—
Cane Hill Hospital 2,086
Netherne Hospital 1,969
Reedham School 190
In December, 1963 there were 21,321 occupied houses,
distributed as follows:—
Coulsdon East 3,586
Coulsdon West 3,236
Kenley 2,069
Purley 2,832
Sanderstead North 2,659
Sanderstead South 3,188
Selsdon and Farleigh 1,924
Woodcote 1,827
This gives an average of 3.48 persons per occupied house in
1963 or 3.28 if the institutional population is excluded.
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