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 Sutton and Cheam]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA.
Area in Acres 4338 15
Registrar-General's Estimate of the Resident
Population, 1937 74530
Number of inhabited Houses (end of 1937)
according to Rate Books 20717
Rateable Value and sum represented by a £856187
Penny Rate £3366
Social conditions, including the chief industries
carried on in the area, and the influence of any
particular occupation on the public health:—
A great proportion of the residents is engaged in business
in London. The remainder consists chiefly of domestic
servants, tradesmen and their employees, and workers in
factories, garages and laundries. In none of these instances
is the occupation apparently affecting the public health.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF
THE YEAR 1937.
LIVE BIRTHS:
T.
M.
F.
Birth-rate per 1,000
of the estimated
resident population,
155.
Total
1160
616
544
Legitimate
1125
597
528
Illegitimate
35
19
16
STILL BIRTHS:
T.
M.
F
Rate per 1,000 (live
and still) births,
27.6.
Total
33
16
17
Legitimate
31
14
17
Illegitimate
2
2
-
Deaths
Death-rate per 1,000
of the estimated
resident population,
9.5.
3