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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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| Year | Population | LIVE BIRTHS | DEATHS | INFANT DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | RATE | No. | RATE | No. | RATE | |||||
| C.U.D.C. | C.U.D.C. | Eng. & W. | C.U.D.C. | C.U.D.C. | Eng. & W. | C.U.D.C. | C.U.D.C. | Eng. & W. | ||
| 1939* | 25,200 | 458 | 18.26 | 15 | 194 | 9.4 | 12.1 | 16 | 35.4 | 50 |
| 1940* | 23,770 | 428 | 18 | 14.6 | 256 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 16 | 38.9 | 55 |
| 1941* | 22,380 | 347 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 227 | 10.1 | 12.9 | 20 | 59.7 | 59 |
| 1942 | 22,840 | 441 | 19.3 | 15.8 | 193 | 8.5 | 11.6 | 20 | 45.3 | 49 |
| 1943 | 22,850 | 431 | 18.9 | 16.5 | 223 | 9.8 | 12.1 | 18 | 41.8 | 49 |
| 1944 | 21,910 | 507 | 23.1 | 17.6 | 243 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 21 | 41.4 | 46 |
| 1945 | 23,030 | 432 | 18.8 | 16.1 | 170 | 7.4 | 11.4 | 10 | 23.1 | 46 |
| 1946 | 25,780 | 566 | 22 | 19.1 | 249 | 9.7 | 11.5 | 21 | 37 | 43 |
| 1947 | 26,610 | 583 | 22 | 20.5 | 271 | 10.2 | 12 | 21 | 36 | 41 |
| 1948 | 27,190 | 501 | 18.4 | 17.9 | 205 | 7.5 | 10.8 | 10 | 19.9 | 34 |
| 1949 | 27,520 | 492 | 17.9 | 16.7 | 221 | 8.03 | 11.7 | 13 | 26.4 | 32 |
| 1950 | 27,750 | 434 | 15.6 | 15.8 | 219 | 7.89 | 11.6 | 12 | 27.6 | 29.8 |
| 1951 | 27,820 | 387 | 13.9 | 15.5 | 266 | 9.56 | 12.5 | 8 | 20.7 | 29.6 |
| 1952 | 27,760 | 400 | 14.4 | 15.3 | 253 | 9.11 | 11.3 | 10 | 25 | 27.6 |
* Instructions were issued by the Registrar General for these particular years, giving certain alternative
figures for calculation of these statistics.