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Wimbledon 1951
[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-1951) | 58,430 |
| 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:— £820,382. | |
| Sum represented by penny rate:— £3,310 0s. 0d. | |
(Registrar-General's Figures.)
| Total | M. | F. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 798 | 412 | 386 |
| Illegitimate | 35 | 11 | 24 | |
| Total | 833 | 423 | 410 | |
| Total | M. | F. | ||
| Stillbirths | Legitimate | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| Illegitimate | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 14 | 6 | 8 | |
Live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population
14.26
| Corrected live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 13.26 | |||
| Still-birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 16.53 | |||
| Total | M. | F. | ||
| Deaths | 779 | 366 | 413 | |
| Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 13.33 | |||
| Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 10.93 | |||
| Deaths from puerperal causes— | ||||
| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and 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 | 20.41 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 20.05 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 28.57 | |||
| Deaths from cancer | 136 | |||
| „ „ diphtheria | 0 | |||
| „ „ poliomyelitis | 1 | |||
| „ „ measles | 1 | |||
| „ „ whooping cough | 0 | |||