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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
Bromley 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT—continued.
Senior Clerk 2 H. E. Lawley.
Junior Clerks 2 Miss M. L. Byford.
2 Miss M. H. Davis.
2 H. Handscomb (Appointed
20/10/1930).
2 J. G. Cox (Resigned
13/9/1930)
Outdoor Staff:
Drain Tester, Disinfector,
and Market Toll Collector
H. Deane.
1 Denotes part-time Officers.
2 Exchequer Grants (including Board of Education Grant).
3 Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute and Sanitary Inspectors Joint Examination Board.
4 Royal San. Inst.. Certificate for Meat and Other Foods.
5 Royal San. Inst., Smoke Certificate.
6 Three years' hospital trained.
7 C M,B.
8 Royal San. Inst., new Health Visitors' Certificate (Under Memo 101/MCW).
STATISTICS, 1930.
Area (in acres) 4,697
Population (1921 Census) 35,052
Population (1929 mid-year) 41,840
Inhabited houses (1921 Census) 7,400
Private families 8,400
Rateable value (1st April, 1931) £462,660
Estimated product of a penny rate (1st
April. 1931) £1.885
Live Births—
| Total. | Male. | Female. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 607 | 299 | 308 |
| Illegitimate | 22 | 9 | 13 |
| Birth Rate 15.03 | |||
| Still-Births— | 17 | 8 | 9 |
| Rate per 1,000 total Births—27 | |||
| Deaths— | 429 | 200 | 229 |
| Death Rate 10.2 | |||