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Coulsdon and Purley 1964

[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 1964 75,460
Population, Census 1951 63,770
Population, Census 1961 74,738
Number of occupied houses, December, 1964 21,663
Number of occupied houses, 1951 18,071
Number of occupied houses, 1931 9,533
Rateable Value, December, 1964 £3,852,067
Sum represented by a penny rate £15,600

Table: VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1964

VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1964

MF
Live births1,123Live-births - Legitimate.567497
Live birth rate per 1,000 population14.8Live-births - Illegitimate2534
Corrected16.1
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births = 5.2.
Still-births14Still-births - legitimate59
Still-birth rate per 1,000 live and still-births12.3Still-births - Illegitimate
Total live and still-births1,137
Infant deaths16Infant deaths -Legitimate78
Infant deaths -Illegitimate_1
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births - total14.2
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births - legitimate14.0
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births - illegitimate16.9
Neo Natal Mortality rate per 1,000 live births (first four weeks)12.4
Early Neo Natal Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births (first week) ......12.4
Perinatal Mortality Rate per 1,000 live and still-births (still-births and deaths under 1 week combined)24.6
Maternal deaths (including abortion)1
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births0.8
Deaths866
Death rate per 1,000 population11.5
Corrected8.9