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Management Committees for providing statistics of home
accidents treated at hospital over the past year. These
emphasise the need for the instruction of the public in the
causes of these accidents and the methods by which they
may be prevented.
The Old Peoples' Welfare Committee, now on a voluntary
basis but sponsored originally by the Crayford Urban
District Council, has done excellent work in alleviating the
lot of many old people by friendly help, by assistance in
kind when necessary, by making arrangements for inexpensive
holidays and in other ways. Their work to some extent coordinates
and is complementary to that of the many old
peoples' organisations in the District providing clubs and
other recreational facilities. The work of these voluntary
organisations is invaluable to the old people in the area.
In conclusion, I wish to thank the Chairman and 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 devoted
service during the year.
I am,
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN LANDON,
Medical Officer of Health.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 2,698.71
Population (Registrar General's
estimate mid-year 1954) 28,150
Number of inhabited houses 8,796
Rateable Value £198,143
Sum represented by a penny rate £812
Live Births. Total M. F
Legitimate 378 184 194
Illegitimate 16 10 6
394 194 200
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population 13.9.
General birth rate for England and Wales 15.2.
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