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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
Crayford 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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STATISTIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 2,698.71
Population (Registrar General's estimate
mid-year 1950) 27,750
Number of inhabited houses 7827
Rateable Value £175,167
Sum represented by a penny rate £712
Live Births.
| Total | M. | F. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 420 | 219 | 201 |
| Illegitimate | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| 434 | 227 | 207 |
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population
15.6
General birth rate for England and Wales 15.8.
Stillbirths.
| Total | M. | F. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | — |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 20.3. | |||
| Total | M. | F. | |
| Deaths. | 219 | 107 | 112 |