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Croydon 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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STATISTICS
SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1951.
Area, 12,672 acres.
Population (Census 1951), 249,592. Total Population (estimate
of Registrar-General), 250,300 (Midsummer, 1951).
Number of Inhabited Houses : 67,268.
Rateable Value (1st April, 1951): £2,644,428.
Product of a Penny Rate (1950-1951): £10,588.
Rate in the £ : 15s. 2d.
Live Births: M. F. Total.
Legitimate 1,765 1,660 3,425
Illegitimate 101 93 194
3,619
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 14.5
(England and Wales 15.5: Great Towns 17.3).
Birth-rate (as adjusted by comparability factor, 0.96): 13.9.
Still Births, 78. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 21.1.
Deaths, 2,975. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated population,
11.9. (England and Wales 12.5: Great Towns 13.4).
Death-rate (as adjusted by comparability factor, 0.93), 11.1.
Infant mortality rate, 19 per 1,000 live births. (England and
Wales 30: Great Towns 34).
Legitimate Infants (65 deaths), 19 per 1,000 live births.
Illegitimate Infants (4 deaths), 21 per 1,000 live births.