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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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children under the age of five years and about 60 per cent
in old people and, further, that more children under 15 die
from accidental causes in their homes than are killed in
road accidents,
I wish to thank the Members of the Health Committee
for their support and encouragement, and the Senior Sanitary
Inspector, Chief Clerk and all members of the Health Department
for their sustained and valuable work during the year.
I am,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN LANDON,
Medical Officer of Health.
| Area (in acres) | 2,698.71 |
| Population (Registrar General's estimate mid-year 1952) | 27,760 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 8,147 |
| Rateable Value | £180,730 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £738 |
| Live Births. | Total | M. | F. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 386 | 191 | 195 |
| Illegitimate | 14 | 6 | 8 |
| 400 | 197 | 203 |
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population 14.4. General birth rate for England and Wales 15.3.
| Stillbirths. | Total | M. | F. |
| Legitimate | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 19.6. |
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