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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
Croydon 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1948.
Area, 12,617 acres.
Population (Census 1931), 233,115. Population (estimate of
Registrar-General), 247,000.
Number of Inhabited Houses (1931 Census), 56,429. Overcrowding
Census (1936), 65,550.
Rateable Value (1st April, 1948), £2,579,649.
Product of a Penny Rate (1947—1948), ,£10,401.
Rate in the £: 15s. 0d.
| Live Births | M. | F. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 2,145 | 2,090 | 4,235 |
| Illegitimate | 141 | 131 | 272 |
| 4,507 |
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population,
18.2.
Still Births 90. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births,
19.6.
Birth-rate (live and still births) per 1,000 population, 18.6.
Deaths, 2,648 (Registrar-General's figures). Death-rate per
1,000 of the estimated resident population, 10.7.
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth,
2; from puerperal and post-abortal sepsis, 1;
other causes, 1.
Maternal mortality, 0.44 per 1,000 total live and still births.
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