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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sutton and Cheam 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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STATISTICS OF THE AREA.
1943 1944
Area in Acres 4338,15 4338.15
Registrar General's Estimate of the
Resident Population 71,400 67,360
Number of inhabited bouses (enc1 of year)
according to the Rate Book 22,268 21,698
Rateable Value and sura represented by a ) £889.041 £884,629
Penny Rats £3,676 £3,'556
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS
COMPARATIVE OF THE YEARS 1943 AND 1944.
| 1943 | 1944 | England & Wales 1944 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||
| Live Births | 1195 | 594 | 601 | 1162 | 604 | 558 | |
| Legitimate | 1132 | 565 | 567 | 1092 | 561 | 531 | |
| Illegitimate | 63 | 29 | 34 | 70 | 43 | 27 | |
| Birth Rate per 1000 of the Estimated Resident Population | 16.7 | 17.3 | 17.6 | ||||
| Still Births | 25 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 14 | |
| Legitimate | 23 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 13 | 13 | |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Rate per 1000 total (live and still births) | 20.5 | | | 24.3 | ||||
| Deaths | 778 | 378 | 400 | 834 | 387 | 447 | |
| Death Rate per 1000 of the estimated resident population | 10.9 | 12.4 | 11.6 | ||||
| Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Other Puerperal Causes | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Death rate from Puerperal Causes | 0.82 | 0.84 | 1.53 | ||||
| Deaths of Infants under one year of age. | |||||||
| All Infants per 1000 live births | 30.96 | 34.42 | 46.00 | ||||
| Legitimate Infants per 1000 legitimate live births | 30.04 | 33.55 | |||||
| Illegitimate Infants per 1000 illegitimate live births | 47.62 | 14.28 | |||||
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