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Wimbledon 1956
[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) 58,141
Home Population (mid-1956) 57,820
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 :— £1,301,972.
Sum represented by penny rate :— £5,235. 0. 0.
(Registrar-General's Figures.)
| Total | M. | F. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 762 | 393 | 369 |
| Illegitimate | 44 | 22 | 22 | |
| Total | 806 | 415 | 391 | |
| Total | M. | F. | ||
| Stillbirths | Legitimate | 15 | 6 | 9 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | 6 | 10 | |
Live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population 13.94
Corrected live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home
population 13.38
Still-birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 19.46
Deaths
Total
672
M.
325
F.
347
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population 11.62
Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population 9.88
Deaths from puerperal causes—
Rate per 1,000
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 12.40
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 11.81
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 22.72
Deaths from cancer 126
diphtheria Nil
„ poliomyelitis Nil
measles Nil
whooping cough Nil
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