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Wimbledon 1950
[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, 1951) 3,212
Population (Census, 1951) 58,158
Home Population (mid-1950) 58,650
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 :— £815,054.
Sum represented by penny rate :— £3,303 0s. 0d.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1950.
(Registrar-General's Figures.)
| Live Births | Total | M. | F. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 742 | 381 | 361 | ||
| Illegitimate | 30 | 20 | 10 | ||
| Total | 772 | 401 | 371 | ||
| Total | M. | F. | |||
| Stillbirths | Legitimate | 14 | 9 | 5 | |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | ||
| Total | 14 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 13.40 | ||||
| Corrected birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 12.46 | ||||
| Still-birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 17.81 | ||||
| Total | M. | F. | |||
| Deaths | 742 | 321 | 451 | ||
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home
population 2.65
Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home
population 10.37
Deaths from puerperal causes—
Rate per i.ooo
total (live and
Deaths. still) births.
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis — —
Other maternal causes — —
Total — —
Death Rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 18.13
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 16.17
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 66.67
Deaths from cancer 135
diphtheria 0
„ poliomyelitis 1
„ „ measles 0
whooping cough 0
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