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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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STATISTICS
SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1950.
Area, 12,672 acres.
Population (Census 1931), 233,115. Total Population (estimate
of Registrar-General), 251,600 (Midsummer, 1950).
Number of Inhabited Houses: (1931 Census), 56,429; 1950,
67,268.
Rateable Value (1st April, 1950): .£2,615,378.
Product of a Penny Rate (1949-1950): £10,457.
Rate in the £: 15s. 2d.
Live Births: M. F. Total.
Legitimate 1,752 1,771 3,523
Illegitimate 99 88 187
3,710
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 14.7
(England and Wales 15.8: Great Towns 17.6).
Birth-rate (as adjusted by comparability factor (0.96): 14.1.
Still Births, 77. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 20.0.
Deaths, 2,724. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident
population, 10.8. (England and Wales 11.6: Great
Towns 12.3).
Death-rate (as adjusted by comparability factor, 0.93), 10.0.
Infant mortality rate, 26 per 1,000 live births. (England and
Wales 30: Great Towns 34).
Legitimate Infants (93 deaths), 26 per 1,000 live births.
Illegitimate Infants (3 deaths), 16 per 1,000 live births.