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Crayford 1938
[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 eighteenth
Annual Report.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 2,698.71
Population (Census 1931) 15,896
Resident population 24,590
Number of inhabited houses 7,063
Rateable Value £148,769
Sum represented by a penny rate £590
Total M. F.
Live Births—Legitimate 421 206 215
Illegitimate 12 5 7
433 211 222
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population
17.6.
General birth rate for England and Wales 15.1.
Total M. F.
Stillbirths—Legitimate15 8 7
Illegitimate — — —
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 33.4.
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