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) | |
Population (Census, 1951) | 58,141 |
Home Population (mid-1960) | 57,460 |
Number of occupied dwellings:- | |
1921 (Census) | |
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:- £1,286,785.
Sum represented by penny rate:- £5,218.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year I960 (Registrar-General's Figures)
Total | M. | F. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Live Births | (Legitimate | 828 | 430 | 398 |
(Illegitimate | 57 | 26 | 31 | |
(Total | 885 | 456 | 429 | |
Total | M. | F. | ||
Stillbirths | (Legitimate | 11 | 6 | 5 |
(Illegitimate | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
(Total | 14 | 8 | 6 | |
Live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 15.40 | |||
Corrected live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 14.79 | |||
Still-birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 15.64 | |||
Total | M. | F. | ||
Deaths | 668 | 311 | 357 | |
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 |
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