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Sutton and Cheam 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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I thank members of the Council for their advice and
assistance during the year, and I am indebted to the
Officers of the Council for their co-operation.
I am,
Mr. Mayor, Madam, and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
ENEAS J. MACINTYRE,
Medical Officer of Health.
STATISTICS OF THE AREA.
Area in Acres 4338.15
Registrar-General's Estimate of the Resident
Population, 1941 70070
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1941)
according to Rate Books 22133
Rateable Value and sum represented by £893781
a Penny Rate £3588
| LIVE BIRTHS: | ||||||
| T. | M. | F. | Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 12.8 | |||
| Total | 899 | 448 | 451 | |||
| Legitimate | 843 | 422 | 421 | |||
| Illegitimate | 56 | 26 | 30 | |||
| STILL BIRTHS: | ||||||
| T. | M. | F. | Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births, 30.2 | |||
| Total | 28 | 14 | 14 | |||
| Legitimate | 27 | 13 | 14 | |||
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | — | |||
| T. | M. | F. | Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 10.8 | |||
| Deaths | 758 | 358 | 400 | |||