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COUNTY BOROUGH OF CROYDON.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
AND
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER
For the Year 1946.
OSCAR M. HOLDEN, G.M., M.D., D.P.H.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Public Health Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour herewith to present my nineteenth Annual
Report upon the Health Services carried out by the Council. This
report is the 47th of the series of such reports.
The population of the town as estimated by the Registrar-
General was 233,230.
During the year 2,105 marriages were solemnized, a marriage
rate of 9.0 per 1,000 of the population.
The Birth Rate was 20.6 per 1,000, an increase of 2.8 per
1,000 over that for 1945. There were 4,800 live births of whom
2,444 were males and 2,362 females. Of these approximately
42.08 per cent. were born in hospital, and 24.07 in Registered
Maternity Homes. There were 314 illegitimate births, a percentage
of 6.5 of the total live births. This is 4.3 below the 1945
figure.