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Croydon 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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STATISTICS
SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1952.
Area, 12,672 acres.
Population (Census 1951), 249,592. Total Population (estimate
of Registrar-General), 250,500 (Midsummer, 1952).
Number of Inhabited Houses: 07,852.
Rateable Value (1st April, 1952): £2,701,370.
Product of a Penny Rate (1951-1952): £10,865.
Rate in the £ : 15s. l0d.
Live Births: M. F. Total.
Legitimate 1,695 1,588 3,283
Illegitimate 106 79 185
3,468
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 13.8
(England and Wales 15.3 : Great Towns 16.9).
Birth-rate as adjusted by comparability factor, 0.96): 13.2.
Still Births, 80. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 22.5.
Deaths, 2,986. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated population,
11.9. (England and Wales 11.3 : Great Towns 12.1).
Death-rate (as adjusted by comparability factor, 0.93), 11.1.
Infant mortality rate, 20 per 1,000 live births. (England and
Wales 28 : Great Towns 31).
Legitimate Infants (68 deaths), 21 per 1,000 live births'.
Illegitimate Infants (1 death), 5 per 1,000 live births.