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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 1959

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

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Table: STATISTICS OF THE AREA

STATISTICS OF THE AREA

19581959
Area In acres4338.154338.15
Registrar General's estimate of the
Resident Population79,21079,180
Number of inhabited houses (end of year)
according to the Rate Book24,62624,995
Rateable value and sura represented by a£1, 554,114£1,616,880
Penny Rate£6,313£6,654

Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS (Comparative of the Years 1958 and 1959)

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS (Comparative of the Years 1958 and 1959)

19 5 819 5 9England & Wales 1959
TotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale
Live Births10355165191033527506
Legitimate10025005021006518488
Illegitimate33161727918
Birth Rate per 1000
of the Estimated
Resident Population 113.1 (adjusted 13.1) .13.0 (adjusted 13.4)16.5
Still Births9541477
Legitimate9541477
Illegitimate000000
Rate per 1000 total
(live and still
births)8.613.420.7
Deaths971461510952440512
Death Rate per 1000
of the Estimated
Resident Population12.3 (adjusted 12.05)12.02 (adjusted 11.54)11.6
Deaths from
Sepsis00
Other Maternal Causes10
Death Rate from
Maternal Causes per
1000 total (live
and still births)0.960.000.38
Deaths of Infants
under one year of age
All Infants per
1000 live births16.416.522.0
Legitimate Infants
per 1000 legitimate
live births14.516.9
Illegitimate Infants
per 1000 Illegitimate
live births60.10.00