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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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| Area (in acres) | 2,698.71 | ||
| Population (Registrar General's estimate mid-year 1949) | 27,520 | ||
| Number of inhabited houses | 7,741 | ||
| Rateable Value | £169,682 | ||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £705 | ||
| Live Births | Total | M. | F. |
| Legitimate | 465 | 228 | 237 |
| Illegitimate | 27 | 17 | 10 |
| 492 | 245 | 247 | |
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population
17.9
General birth rate for England and Wales 16,.7.
| Total | M. | F. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — |
| 8 | 4 | 4 |
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 16.0.
| Total | M. | F. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 221 | 128 | 93 |
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population
8.03.
General death rate for England and Wales 11.7.
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