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Erith 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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SECTION A:- STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITION
OF THE AREA.
Annual Report 1948.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
A (1) a. General.
Area : 4.607 acres.
Population : 46,250.
Density of population, i.e. No. of persons per acre : 10.06
No. of inhabited houses : 12,130.
Rateable value, 1948 : £330,671.
Sum produced by a penny rate, 1948 : £1,334 9s. 1.95d.
A (1) b. Births.
TOTAL. Male. Female.
Live Births. Legitimate 842 442 400
Illegitimate 35 17 18
877 459 418
Live Birth rate per 1,000 of population (Registrar
General's figures):—18.96.
Live Birth Rate, England and Wales :—17.9
Corresponding rate for 1947 :—22.6.
TOTAL Male. Female
Still births. Legitimate 11 7 4
Illegitimate 1 — 1
12 7 5
Still-birth rate per 1,000 births .—13.50
Still-birth rate per 1,000 population :—.26.
Still-birth rate, England and Wales per 1.000 population
.42.
A (1) c. Deaths.
Males—263. Females—195. Total—458.
Death rate per 1.000 population .—9.9
Corresponding rate for 1947 :—11.1
Death rate per 1,000 population England and Wales
(1948)10.8.