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Crayford 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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Crayford Urban District
Council.
To the Chairman and Members of the Urban District Council
and Health Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my seventeenth Annual Report.
STATISTICS.
| Area (in acres) | 2,698.71 | |||
| Population (Census 1931) | 15,896 | |||
| Resident population | 23,710 | |||
| Number of inhabited houses | 6,832 | |||
| Rateable Value | £142,174 | |||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £550 | |||
| Total | M. | F. | ||
| Live Births- | Legitimate | 362 | 184 | 178 |
| Illegitimate | 10 | 6 | 4 | |
| 372 | 190 | 182 | ||
| Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 15.64. General birth rate for England and Wales 14.9. | ||||
| Total | M. | F. | ||
| Still births— | Legitimate | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| Illegitimate | - | - | - | |
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 31.25.
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