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HEALTH REPORT FOR 1964
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 50 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 75,460 in 1964 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 1964
were as follows
Cane Hill Hospital 2,028
Netherne Hospital 1,972
Reedham School 214
Tn December, 1964 there were 21,663 occupied houses,
distributed as follows:—
Coulsdon East .. 3.557
Coulsdon West 3.245
Kenley 2.275
Purley 2.874
Sanderstead North 2,684
Sanderstead South 3,253
Selsdon and Farleigh 1,924
Woodcote 1.851
This gives an average of 3.48 persons per occupied house in
1964 or 3.28 if the institutional population is excluded.
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