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Sidcup 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sidcup]
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Rye-laws with respect to the Mortuary, Cemetery and the drainage of existing buildings.
Adopted 15th November, 1911, and allowed by theL.G.B. on 11th January,
1912.
Bye-laws:—
Bye-laws in respect of Tents, Vans, Sheds, etc.
Adopted 20th November, 1925, and allowed by Ministry of Health on 20th
January, 1926.
New Streets and Buildings Bye-laws.
Revised on 20th November, 1925, and allowed by
Ministry of Health on 31st December, 1925.
APPENDIX.
1.—GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 2,043.
Population (1925) 9,271.
Number of inhabited houses (1921) 1,752, (1925) 1,970.
Number of families or separate occupiers (1921) 1.910.
Rateable value, £72.962.
Sum represented by a penny rate, £285.
2.—
| Total | M. | F. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | Legitimate | 118 | 64 | 54 | Birth Rate | 13.4 | |
| Illegitimate | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Deaths | 101 | Death Rate | 10.9 | ||||
| Number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth | From sepsis | Nil | |||||
| From other causes | Nil | ||||||
| Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births:— | |||||||
| Legitimate | 64 | Illegitimate | Nil | Total | 64 | ||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | Nil | ||||||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | Nil | ||||||
| Deaths from Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | Nil | ||||||