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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 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Table: VITAL AND OTHER STATISTICS

VITAL AND OTHER STATISTICS

Population (mid-year 1966)301,680
Area(acres) 39,293
Density of population (persons per acre)7.7
Inhabited domestic properties (1.4.66)97,092
Rateable value as at 1.4.66£15,651,527
Product of Id. Rate£69,960
Rate in the pound12/-
Births:
Live(Total) 4,775
MalesFemalesTotal
Legitimate2,3242,1064,430
Illegitimate180165345
2,5042,2714,775
Crude birth rate per 1.000 estimated total population15.8
Adjusted birth rate for comparison with other areas16.0
(Area comparability factor for Births=1.01) Illegitimate live births=7.2% of all live births Birth rate for Greater London17.7
Birth rate for England and Wales17.7
Stillbirths(Total) 73
MalesFemalesTotal
Legitimate343165
Illegitimate628
403373
Stillbirth rate for 1,000 live and still births15.0
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 estimated total population0.24
Stillbirth rate for Greater London14.2
Stillbirth rate for England and Wales15.4
Total births (live and still)4,848
MalesFemalesTotal
Legitimate2,3582,1374,495
Illegitimate186167353
Total of all live and still births2,5442,3044,848