Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 twenty-third
Annual Report.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
AREA.
Area (in acres) 2,698.71
Population (Census 1931) 15,896
Number of inhabited houses 7,071
Rateable Value £152,899
Sum represented by a penny race £630
Total
M.
F.
Live Births—Legitimate 419 201 218
Illegitimate 12 5 7
431 206 225
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population
18 9
General birth rate for England and Wales 16.5.
Total
M.
F.
Stillbirths—Legitimate 10 5 5
Illegitimate 1 1 –
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 24.9.
Total
M.
F.
Deaths 223 115 108
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population
9.8.
General death rate for England and Wales 12.1.
Deaths from puerperal causes.
Puerperal Sepsis –
Other puerperal causes –
Other Maternal Causes –
2