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Wimbledon 1961
[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-1961) | 56,990 | ||
| 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:- | £1,309,167. | ||
| Sum represented by penny rates- | £5,295. | ||
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1961 (Registrar-General's Figures)
| Total | M. | F. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 829 | 422 | 407 |
| Illegitimate | 63 | 31 | 32 | |
| Total | 892 | 453 | 439 | |
| Stillbirths | Total | M. | F. | |
| Legitimate | 14 | 6 | 8 | |
| Illegitimate | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 17 | 8 | 9 | |
| Live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 15.65 | |||
| Corrected live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 15.18 | |||
| Still-birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 15.95 | |||
| Total | M. | F. | ||
| Deaths | 706 | 318 | 388 | |
| Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated homo population | 12.38 | |||
| Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 10.39 | |||
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