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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 1962
[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 1962) | 31,980 |
| Number of separate dwellings | 10,076 |
| Rateable value | £500, 934 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £2, 050 |
| Total | M | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 516 | 271 | 245 |
| Illegitimate | 22 | 9 | 13 |
| 538 | 280 | 258 |
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population - 16.82
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births - 4.09%
General birth rate for England and Wales - 18.0
| Total | M | F | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | - | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 |
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births - 7.38
| Total | M | F | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 257 | 145 | 113 |
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population - 8.04
General death rate for England and Wales - 11.9