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Wimbledon 1958
[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-1958) | 57,520 |
| 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 :—£1,222,679.
Sum represented by penny rate:— £4,864.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1958.
(Registrar-General's Figures.)
| Total | M. | F. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 753 | 398 | 355 | |
| Illegitimate | 41 | 23 | 18 | ||
| Total | 794 | 421 | 373 | ||
| Total | M. | F. | |||
| Stillbirths | Legitimate | 19 | 10 | 9 | |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 2 | — | ||
| Total | 21 | 12 | 9 | ||
| Live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 13.80 | ||||
| Corrected live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 13.24 | ||||
| Still-birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 25.76 | ||||
| Total | M. | F. | |||
| Deaths | 670 | 317 | 353 | ||
| Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 11.64 | ||||
| Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 9.89 | ||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes— | |||||
| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | ||||
| Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | l | 1.29 | |||
| Other maternal causes | _ | __ | |||
| Total | 1 | 1.29 | |||
| Death Rate of infants under one year of age:— | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 18.89 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 21.20 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | — | ||||
| Deaths from cancer | 129 | ||||
| diphtheria | Nil | ||||
| „ poliomyelitis | Nil | ||||
| measles | Nil | ||||
| whooping cough | Nil | ||||