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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Cancer Death Rates:
All forms (per 1,000 population) 2.2
Lung and Bronchus (per 1,000 population) 0.65
Other forms (per 1,000 population) 1.55
Population
The Registrar-General's estimate of the population of the
Borough, mid year 1970, was 301,820. This figure gives a density
of 8.03 persons to the acre.
The natural increase of population, measured by excess of
births over deaths, was 1,186. The figure for 1969 was 1,126.
Births
There were 4,368 live births allocated to the Borough during
1970, after adjustments for inward and outward transfers, this
being a decrease of 16 on the figure for the previous year.
Of the 4,368 live births, 2,206 were males and 2,162 were
females.
The crude birth rate for the Borough was 14.5 per 1,000
population, and the adjusted birth rate, for use when comparing
with other areas was 14.6.
The birth rate for 1970 was 0.1 higher than that recorded for
1969, but it is below the figures of 15.2 and 16.0 for Greater
London and England and Wales respectively.
In addition to the live births there were 53 stillbirths, representing a rate of 12 per thousand total births. This rate is comparable with that of 12 for Greater London and 13 for the country as a whole. The figure for the Borough for 1969 was 8 per 1,000 total births.
| Sex | LIVE BIRTHS | STILL BIRTHS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | Illegitimate | Total | Legitimate | Illegitimate | Total | |
| Males | 2,053 | 153 | 2,206 | 22 | 7 | 29 |
| Females | 2,028 | 134 | 2,162 | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| Totals | 4,081 | 287 | 4,368 | 45 | 8 | 53 |
Birth Notifications
A total of 4,457 births were notified as having occurred in the
Borough. Of this number 3,987 were institutional and 470 domiciliary
births. 53 stillbirths actually occurred in the area. 2 of
these were from domiciliary confinements.
Deaths
3,182 deaths were registered in 1970, giving a crude death
rate of 10.5 per 1,000 population. This rate, when standardised
by the comparability factor, gives a figure of 10.2 for comparison
purposes. The rates for Greater London and England and Wales
were 11.3 and 11.7 respectively.
The following table shows cause of death as given in the
Registrar-General's statistics.