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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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VITAL AND OTHER STATISTICS
Population (mid-year 1969) 303,550
Area (acres) 37,583
Density of population (persons per acre) 8.1
Rateable value as at 1.4.1970 £17,235,000
Product of ld. Rate £70,000
Rate in pound 1970/71 (Domestic) 12/6
Births:
Live 4,384
Males Females Total
Legitimate 2,130 1,964 4,094
Illegitimate 137 153 290
Crude birth rate per 1,000 estimated total population
14.4
Adjusted birth rate for comparison with other
areas 14.5
(Area comparability factor for Births = 1.01)
Illegitimate live births = 7% of all live births
Crude birth rate for Greater London 15.7
Adjusted birth rate for Greater London 14.6
Birth rate for England and Wales 16.3
Stillbirths:
Stillbirths 35
Males Females Total
Legitimate 21 10 31
Illegitimate 2 2 4
Stillbirth rate for 1,000 live and still births 8
Stillbirth rate for Greater London 12.7
Stillbirth rate for England and Wales 13
Total births (live and still) 4,419
Males Females Total
Legitimate 2,151 1,974 4,125
Illegitimate 139 155 294
Total of all live
and still births 2,290 2,129 4,419