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Sutton and Cheam 1961

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

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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1961

Area in acres4338.15
Population:
Registrar General's Estimate of the Resident Population (at 30th June, 1961)77,980
Census, 196178,969
Number of inhabited houses (end of year) according to the Rate Book25,571
Rateable Value£l,656,149
Product of a Penny Rate£6,807
MalesFemalesTotal
Live Births5865161102
Legitimate5604991059
Illegitimate261743
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of totalLive Births3.90
Live Birth Rate per 1000 of the Estimated Resident Population:
Crude:14.13
As adjusted by comparability factor (1.04)14.7
(England & Wales17.4 )
Still Births13922
Legitimate13821
Illegitimate011
Still Birth Rate per 1000 total (live and stillbirths)19.6
(England & Wales18.7 )
Deaths422551973
Death Rate per 1000 of the Estimated Resident Population:
Crude:12.48
As adjusted by comparability factor (0.91)11.36
(England & Wales12.0 )
Deaths from
Sepsis0
Other Maternal Causes0
Death Rate from Maternal Causes per 1000 total (live and still births)0.00
(England & Wales0 33)
Deaths of Infants under one year of age:
All Infants per 1000 live births15.4
(England & Wales21.4 )
Legitimate Infants per 1000 legitimatelive births14.2
Illegitimate Infants per 1000 illegitimatelive births46.5
Neo-natal Mortality rate (under 4 weeks)13.6
(England & Wales15.5 )
Early Neo-natal Mortality rate (under 1 week)12.7
Perinatal Mortality Rate (still birth deaths under 1 week) per 1000 total live and still births32.0