London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sutton and Cheam 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
This page requires JavaScript
| 1948. | 1949. | |
|---|---|---|
| Area in Acres | 4338.15 | 4338.15 |
| Registrar General's Estimate of the Resident Population | 81,320 | 81,260 |
| Number of inhabited houses (end of year) according to the Rate Book | 22,857 | 22,951 |
| Rateable Value and sum represented by a Penny Rate | £897,257 | £902,059 |
| £3,670 | £3,658 |
| 1948 | 1949 | England and Wales 1949 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||
| 1203 | 591 | 612 | 1074 | 565 | 509 | ||
| Legitimate | 1151 | 564 | 587 | 1024 | 538 | 486 | |
| Illegitimate | 52 | 27 | 25 | 50 | 27 | 23 | |
| Birth Rate per 1,000 of the Estimated Resident Population | 14.8 | 13.23 | 16.7 | ||||
| 21 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 14 | 9 | ||
| Legitimate | 20 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 13 | 9 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still births) | 17.2 | 20.9 | 22.6 | ||||
| 806 | 382 | 424 | 796 | 373 | 423 | ||
| Death Rate per 1,000 of the Estimated Resident Population | 9.9 | 9.8 | 11.7 | ||||
| 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Other Puerperal Causes | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Death Rate from Puerperal Causes per 1,000 total (live and still births) | 0.82 | 0.91 | 0.82 | ||||
| All Infants per 1,000 live births | 28.26 | 21.42 | 32.0 | ||||
| Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 26.07 | 19.53 | |||||
| Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 76.92 | 60.00 | |||||