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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 1962

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

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Table: SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1962

SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1962

Area in acres4338.15
Population:
Registrar General's Estimate of the Resident Population (at 30th June, 1962)78,430
Census, 196179,008
Number of inhabited houses (end of year) according to the Rate Book25,699
Rateable Value£l,692,939
Product of a Penny Rate£6,938
MalesFemalesTotal
Live Births6275491176
Legitimate6045201124
Illegitimate232952
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total Live Births4.42
Live Birth Rate per 1000 of the Estimated Resident Population: Crude:14.99
As adjusted by comparability factor (1.04)15.59
(England and Wales18.0 )
Still Births8917
Legitimate6814
Illegitimate213
Still Birth Rate per 1000 total (live and still births)14.25
(England and Wales18.1 )
Deaths4605561016
Death Rate per 1000 of the Estimated
Resident Population: Crude:12.95
As adjusted by comparability factor (0.93)12.04
(England and Wales11.9 )
Deaths from Sepsis0
Other Maternal Causes0
Death Rate from Maternal Causes per 1000 total (live and still births)0.00
(England and Wales0.35)
Deaths of Infants under one year of age: All Infants per 1000 live births16.2
(England and Wales20.7 )
Legitimate Infants per 1000 legitimate live births14.2
Illegitimate Infants per 1000 illegitimate live births57.7
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (under 4 weeks)10.2
(England and Wales15.1 )
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (under 1 week)8.5
Perinatal Mortality Rate (still births deaths under 1 week) per 1000 total live and still births22.6