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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
Crayford 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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STATISTIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
AREA.
Area (in acres) 2,698.71
Population (Census 1931) 15,896
Population estimated 27,190
Number of inhabited houses 7,654
Rateable Value £195,399
Sum represented by a penny rate £695
Live Births
Total,
M.
F.
Legitimate
482
249
233
Illegitimate
19
9
10
501
258
243
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population
18.4.
General birth rate for England and Wales 17.9.
Stillbirths
Total
M.
F.
Legitimate
10
1
9
Illegitimate
—
—
—
10
1
9
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 19.6.
Total
M.
F.
Deaths.
205
129
76
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population
7.5.
General death rate for England and Wales 10.8.
Deaths from pueperal causes:—
Puerperal Sepsis —
Other Puerperal causes —
Other Maternal causes —
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