Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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-1957) | 57,630 |
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 :—£1,219,516.
Sum represented by penny rate :— £4,908. 0 0.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1957.
(Registrar-General's Figures.)
Total | M. | F. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Live Births | Legitimate | 757 | 402 | 355 | |
Illegitimate | 33 | 22 | 11 | ||
Total | 790 | 424 | 366 | ||
Total | M. | F. | |||
Stillbirths | Legitimate | 17 | 11 | 6 | |
Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | - | ||
Total | 18 | 12 | 6 | ||
Live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 13.71 | ||||
Corrected live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 13.16 | ||||
Still-birth Rate per 1.000 total (live and still) births | 22.27 | ||||
Total | M. | F. | |||
Deaths | 652 | 306 | 346 | ||
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 11.31 | ||||
Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 9.61 |
Deaths trom 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 11.0
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 10.57
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 30.30
Deaths from cancer 121
diphtheria Nil
„ poliomyelitis 2
„ measles Nil
whooping cough Nil
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