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Wimbledon 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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SECTION A. — STATISTICS AND
SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
| Area (in acres —Census, 1931) | 3,211 |
| Population (Census, 1931) | 59,515 |
| Population (mid-1949) (a) Civilian | 58,340 |
| (b) Total | 58,390 |
| Number of inhabited houses:— | |
| 1921 (Census) | 11,926 |
| 1931 (Census) | 13,325 |
| Number of families or separate occupiers:— | |
| 1921 (Census) | 13,998 |
| 1931 (Census) | 15,883 |
| Rateable Value:— £807,294. | |
| Sum represented by penny rate:— £3,125 14s. 10d. | |
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1949.
(Registrar-General's Figures.)
| Total | M. | F. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 833 | 418 | 415 | |
| Illegitimate | 42 | 21 | 21 | ||
| Total | 875 | 439 | 436 | ||
| Total | M. | F. | |||
| Stillbirths | Legitimate | 22 | 9 | 13 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| Total | 23 | 9 | 14 | ||
| Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 15.38 | ||||
| Still-birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 25.61 | ||||
| Total | M. | F. | |||
| Deaths | 754 | 349 | 405 | ||
| Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 12.92 | ||||
| Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 10.72 | ||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List):— | |||||
| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | ||||
| No. 29 Puerperal and post-abortive sepis | – | – | |||
| No. 30 Other maternal causes ... | – | – | |||
| Total | – | – | |||
| Death Rate of infants under one year of age:— | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 25.14 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 24.01 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 47.62 | ||||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 137 | ||||
| ,, ,, measles (all ages) | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, whooping cough (all ages) | 1 | ||||
| ,, ,, diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 1 | ||||