[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon].

  • Croydon (London, England). County Borough.
Date:
[1954?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5 STATISTICS SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1953 Area, 12,672 acres. Population (Census 1951),249,592. Total Population (estimate of Registrar-General),249,800 (Midsummer,1953). Number of Inhabited Houses:69,197. Rateable Value (1st April, 1953):£2,750,838. Product of a Penny Rate (1952-1953):£11,025. Rate in the £:15s.l0d. Live Births: M. F. Total. Legitimate 1,698 1,557 3,255 Illegitimate 95 94 189 3,444 Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 13.8 (England and Wales 15.5:Great Towns 17.0). Birth-rate as adjusted by comparability factor, 0.99; 13.7. Still Births, 82. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 23.8. Deaths, 2,905. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated population, 11.6. (England and Wales 11.4:Great Towns 12.2). Death-rate (as adjusted by comparability factor, 0.90), 10.5. Infant mortality rate, 21 per 1,000 live brths. (England and Wales 27:Great Towns 31). Legitimate Infants (65 deaths), 20 per 1,000 live births. Illegitimate Infants (7 deaths), 37 per 1,000 live births.