Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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Crayford Urban District
Council.
To the Chairman and Members of the Urban District Council
and Health Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my seventeenth Annual Report.
STATISTICS.
Area (in acres) | 2,698.71 | |||
Population (Census 1931) | 15,896 | |||
Resident population | 23,710 | |||
Number of inhabited houses | 6,832 | |||
Rateable Value | £142,174 | |||
Sum represented by a penny rate | £550 | |||
Total | M. | F. | ||
Live Births- | Legitimate | 362 | 184 | 178 |
Illegitimate | 10 | 6 | 4 | |
372 | 190 | 182 | ||
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 15.64. General birth rate for England and Wales 14.9. | ||||
Total | M. | F. | ||
Still births— | Legitimate | 12 | 8 | 4 |
Illegitimate | - | - | - |
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 31.25.
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