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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 1957
[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 1957) | 29,980 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 9,473 |
| Rateable Value | £387,378 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £1,526 |
| Total | M | F | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 484 | 250 | 234 |
| Illegitimate | 15 | 8 | 7 |
| 499 | 258 | 241 |
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population - 16.64
General birth rate for England and Wales - 16.1
| Total | M | F | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Illegitimate | |||
| 10 | 5 | 5 |
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births - 19.6
| Total | M | F | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 285 | 153 | 132 |
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population -9.5
General death rate for England and Wales - 11.5
The Birth Rate and Death Rate for Crayford compares favourably
with that for other parts of the country The Registrar General
has supplied comparability factors for 1957. The standardised
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