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, 1961) 3,212
Population (Census, 1961) 57,312
Home Population (mid-1963) 56,980
Number of occupied dwellings:-
1931 (Census) 13,325
1951 (Census) 16,047
1961 (Census) 17,566
Number of private households)
1931 (Census) 15,883
1951 (Census) 19,185
1961 (Census) 19,947
Rateable Value:- £3,566,873
Sum represented by penny rate:- £14,280
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1963 (Registrar-General's Figures)
Total | M. | F. | |
---|---|---|---|
(Legitimate | 885 | 464 | 421 |
Live Births (Illegitimate | 66 | 35 | 31 |
(Total | 951 | 499 | 452 |
(Legitimate | 13 | 5 | 8 |
Stillbirths (Illegitimate | 3 | - | 3 |
(Total | 16 | 5 | 11 |
Live births rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 16.68 | ||
Corrected live birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population | 15.84 | ||
Still-birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 16.54 | ||
Total | M. | F. | |
Deaths 748 | 344 | 404 |
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