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Orpington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 20,859
Registrar-General estimate of population, mid-1937 .. 43,610
Do., 1936 39,900
Number of occupied houses, December, 1937 13,635
Rateable Value, December, 1937 £395,129
Sum represented by a penny rate, December, 1937 £1,510
VITAL STATISTICS,
| Total. | M. | F. | Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live births | Legitimate | 755 | 365 | 390 | |
| Illegitimate | 31 | 20 | 11 | 18.0 | |
| Total | 786 | 385 | 401 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births. | |||||
| Stillbirths | 25 | 13 | 12 | 31.8 | |
| Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population. | |||||
| Deaths | 378 | 207 | 171 | 8.6 | |
| Rate per 1.000 total (live and still) births. | |||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes: Puerperal sepsis | Nil | - | |||
| Other puerperal causes | 1 | 1.27 | |||
| Total | 1 | 1.27 | |||
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 52
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births 45
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 225
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 50
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 8