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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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14
SECTION A.
VITAL AND OTHER
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
The area of the Borough is 6,519 acres.
Registrar General's estimate of total population (mid-year)
1950 64.610
Number of valuation assessments as at 31st March, 1950: —
(a) Houses and Flats 18.101
(b) Commercial 1.356
(c) Licensed Premises 39
(d) Entertainment and Recreational 88
(e) Public Utility 29
(f) Educational and Cultural 26
(g) Industrial 56
(h) Miscellaneous 198
19,893
Estimated rateable value at 31st March. 1951. is £754.065
Estimated Product of a Penny Rate for the year ending
31st March. 1952. is £3,070
Vital Statistics.
| Live Births. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Birth Rate 13.8 per 1,000 total population. | |
| Legitimate | 849 | 424 | 425 | |
| Illegitimate | 43 | 23 | 20 | |
| 892 | 447 | 445 | ||
| Total | Male | Female | ||
| Legitimate | 21 | 14 | 7 | |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | |
| 21 | 14 | 7 | ||
| Total | Male | Female | ||
| 739 | 347 | 392 | ||
| Puerperal Sepsis | Nil | |||
| Other Puerperal Causes | Nil | |||
| Total | Male | Female | ||
| Legitimate | 19 | 10 | 9 | |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | |
| 19 | 10 | 9 | ||