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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 1959
[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 1959) 30, 600
Number of inhabited houses 9,402
Rateable Value £470,476
Sum represented by a penny rate £1,900
Live Births
Total M F
Legitimate 485 241 244
Illegitimate 11 7 4
496 248 248
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population-16.2
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births-2.26%
General birth rate for England and Wales-16.5
Stillbirths
Total M P
Legitimate 5 3 2
Illegitimate 1 1
6 4 2
Rate per 1.000 total (live and still) births-11.95
Total M F
Deaths 229 126 103
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population-7.48
General death rate for England and Wales-11.6
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