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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 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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Table: STATISTICS OF THE AREA

STATISTICS OF THE AREA

19501951
Area in acres4338. 154338. 15
Registrar General's estimate of theResident Population81, 11079, 520
Number of inhabited houses (end of Year)according to the Rate Book23, 02723, 171
Rateable Value and sum represented by a£903, 283£910, 294
Penny Rate£3, 680£3, 705

Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS(Comparative of the Years 1950 and 1951)

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS(Comparative of the Years 1950 and 1951)

19501951England & Wales
TotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale1951
Live Births1021510511919462457
Legitimate988492496884449435
Illegitimate331815351322
Birthrate per 1000 of the Estimated Resident Population12.611.515.5
Still Births191271688
Legitimate181171688
Illegitimate11----
Rate per 1000 total (live and still births)18.217.122.9
Deaths857399458878411467
Death Rate per 1000 of the Estimated Resident Population10.510.812.5
Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis00
Other Puerperal Cause00
Death Rate from Puerperal Causes per 1000 total (live and still births)0.000.000.41
Deaths of Infants under one year of age All Infants per 1000 live births26.4411.9629. 6
Legitimate Infants per 1000 legitimate live births24.2911.31
Illegitimate Infants per 1000 Illegitimate live births90.90 .22.22