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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 2,698.71
Population (Registrar-General's
estimate mid-year 1958) 30,280
Number of inhabited houses 9,675
Rateable Value £395,757
Sum represented by a penny rate £1,575
LIVE BIRTHS
Total M F
Legitimate 528 285 243
Illegitimate 15 9 6
543 294 249
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population - 17.93
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births - 2.76%
General birth rate for England and Wales - 16.4
STILLBIRTHS
Total M F
Legitimate 10 6 4
Illegitimate - - -
10 6 4
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births - 18.1
Total M F
DEATHS 265 159 106
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population - 8.75
General death rate for England and Wales - 11.7
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