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Wimbledon 1959
[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-1959) | 57,450 |
| 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:— £1,283,086. | |
| Sum represented by penny rate:— £5,170. |
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1959.
(Registrar-General's Figures.)
| Total | M. | F. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 795 | 408 | 387 | |
| Illegitimate | 51 | 29 | 22 | ||
| Total | 846 | 437 | 409 | ||
| Stillbirths | Total | M. | F. | ||
| Legitimate | 14 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Illegitimate | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| Total | 15 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 14.72 | ||||
| Corrected live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 14.13 | ||||
| Still-birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 17.42 | ||||
| Total | M. | F. | |||
| Deaths | 752 | 317 | 435 | ||
| Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 13.09 | ||||
| Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 10.99 | ||||
| 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 | 23.64 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 22.63 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 39.21 | ||||
| Deaths from cancer | 150 | ||||
| „ „ diphtheria | Nil | ||||
| „ „ poliomyelitis | Nil | ||||
| measles | Nil | ||||
| whooping cough | Nil | ||||