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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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Inspector, the Chief Clerk and all members of the Health
Department for their devotion to duty at all times during the
year.
I am,
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN LANDON,
Medical Officer of Health.
| Area (in acres) | 2,698.l |
| Population (Registrar General's estimate mid-year 1951) | 27,820 |
| Number of inhabitated houses | 8,071 |
| Rateable Value | £178,416 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £726 |
| Total | M. | F. | |
| Legitimate | 370 | 194 | 176 |
| Illegitimate | 17 | 8 | 9 |
| 387 | 202 | 185 |
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population 13.9.
General birth rate for England and Wales 15.5.
| Total | M. | F. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — |
| 9 | 5 | 4 |
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 22.7.
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