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Wimbledon 1953
[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-1953) 58,300
Number of occupied dwellings:—
1921 (Census) 11,926
1931 (Census) 13,325
1951 (Census) 16,047
Number of private households:—
1921 (Census) 13,998
1931 (Census) 15,883
1951 (Census) 19,185
Rateable Value:— £835,376.
Sum represented by penny rate:— £3,373.
(Registrar-General's Figures.)
| Total | M. | F. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 705 | 353 | 352 |
| Illegitimate | 34 | 20 | 14 | |
| Total | 739 | 373 | 366 | |
| Total | M. | F. | ||
| Stillbirths | Legitimate | 14 | 5 | 9 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 15 | 5 | 10 | |
Live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population 12.68
Corrected live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home
population 12.17
Still-birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 19.89
Total M. F.
Deaths 732 365 367
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population 12.56
Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population 10.05
Deaths from puerperal causes—
Rate per 1,000
total (live and
Deaths. still) births.
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis 1 1.33
Other maternal causes
Total 1 1.33
Death Rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 16.24
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 17.02
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births—
Deaths from cancer 115
diphtheria
poliomyelitis 1
measles —
whooping cough —
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