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Bromley 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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10
I.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA, 1933.
Statistics.
Area (in acres) 4,697
Population—
Census (1921) 35,052
Census (1931) 45,374
Mid-year (1933)
(Registrar General's estimate) 48,270
Number of inhabited bouses
(Census 1931) 10,764
(December, 1933) 12,170
Rateable value (31.3.1934) £518,103
The sum represented by a penny rate
(1.4.1934) £2,352

Table: Vital Statistics.The following extracts from the vital statistics relate to the nett births and deaths after correction for inward and outward transfers:—

Vital Statistics.

The following extracts from the vital statistics relate to the nett births and deaths after correction for inward and outward transfers:—

Live BirthsTotal.Male.Female.
Legitimate564297267Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population: 12.3.
Illegitimate341915
598316282
StillbirthsRate per 1,000 total (live and still) births :.27.6.
Legitimate1486
Illegitimate321
17107
Deaths489244245Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population: 10.1.