[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council.

  • West Sussex (England). County Council.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Population According to the Registrar General’s estimate, the mid-year popula¬ tion of the County was 425,710. This was 7,240 more than in 1962 which was itself 7,540 more than in 1961. The post-war growth in the population of the County has been impressive. Year Mid-year population* Population increase Year Mid-year population* Population increase Persons* Per cent Persons* Per cent 1946 289 22 7.59 1955 348 9 2.65 1947 299 9 3.13 1956 359 11 3.07 1948 310 11 3.69 1957 370 12 3.11 1949 313 2 0.77 1958 383 12 3.22 1950 316 3 1.07 1959 390 8 1.92 1951 318 2 0.57 1960 397 7 1.82 1952 320 2 0.53 1961 411 14 3.33 1953 327 8 2.36 1962 418 8 1.80 1954 339 11 3.30 1963 426 7 1.73 ♦Figures to nearest thousand. The mid-year population of the County was considerably above the average for county boroughs in England and Wales (166,000) and of all Welsh counties (158,000). It was, however, less than the average of English counties (578,000) but approximated more closely to the average of all counties in England and Wales (488,000). The table on page 16 shows the estimated population variations in the County and in each of the district council areas during the past five years. There was an increase of 11.3 per cent in the population of the County as a whole during that period and this increase was shared fairly evenly between the urban and rural districts. The proportion of per¬ sons living in rural compared with urban areas remained almost twice as high in West Sussex as in England and Wales as a whole. Amongst the urban districts, the largest increase took place in Crawley U.D. (20.9 per cent), Horsham U.D. (17.7 per cent) and Shoreham-by-Sea U.D. (14.4 per cent). The Boroughs of Arundel (0.8 per cent) and Chichester (2.4 per cent) showed the smallest increases. In the rural areas, the population growth was greatest in Worthing R.D. (19.5 per cent), Horsham R.D. (15.7 per cent) and Chichester R.D. (11.2 per cent). By far the smallest increase was in Petworth R.D. (2.4 per cent).