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Wimbledon 1962
[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-1962) | 56,850 |
| Number of occupied dwellings:- | 11,926 |
| 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:- £1,345,128
Sum represented by penny rate:- £5,395
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1962 (Registrar-General's Figures)
| Total | M. | F. | ||
| Legitimate | 864 | 469 | 395 | |
| Live Births | Illegitimate | 66 | 23 | 43 |
| Total | 930 | 492 | 438 | |
| Total | M. | F. | ||
| Legitimate | 12 | 5. | 7 | |
| Stillbirths | Illegitimate | 1 | - | 1 |
| Total | 13 | 5 | 8 | |
Live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population 16.35
| Corrected live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 15.85 | ||
| Still-birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 13.78 | ||
| Total | M. | F. | |
| Deaths | 756 | 367 | 389 |
| Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 13.29 | ||
| 11.03 | |||
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