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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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STATISTICS
SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1953
Area, 12,672 acres.
Population (Census 1951),249,592. Total Population (estimate
of Registrar-General),249,800 (Midsummer,1953).
Number of Inhabited Houses:69,197.
Rateable Value (1st April, 1953):£2,750,838.
Product of a Penny Rate (1952-1953):£11,025.
Rate in the £:15s.l0d.
Live Births: M. F. Total.
Legitimate 1,698 1,557 3,255
Illegitimate 95 94 189
3,444
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 13.8
(England and Wales 15.5:Great Towns 17.0).
Birth-rate as adjusted by comparability factor, 0.99; 13.7.
Still Births, 82. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 23.8.
Deaths, 2,905. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated population,
11.6. (England and Wales 11.4:Great Towns 12.2).
Death-rate (as adjusted by comparability factor, 0.90), 10.5.
Infant mortality rate, 21 per 1,000 live brths. (England and
Wales 27:Great Towns 31).
Legitimate Infants (65 deaths), 20 per 1,000 live births.
Illegitimate Infants (7 deaths), 37 per 1,000 live births.