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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
Orpington 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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VITAL STATISTICS, ETC.
| Area (in acres) | 20,842 | ||||
| Population. Registrar-General's estimate for mid-year, 1939 | 49,570 | ||||
| Number of occupied houses | 15,797 | ||||
| Rateable Value of District, December, 1939 | £440,440 | ||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate, December, 1939 | £1,790 | ||||
| Total | M | F. | Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated population. | ||
| Live births | Legitimate | 930 | 475 | 455 | |
| Illegitimate | 34 | 16 | 18 | 19.4 | |
| Total Births | 964 | 491 | 473 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births | |||||
| Stillbirths | 32 | 16 | 16 | 32.1 | |
| Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated population. | |||||
| Deaths | 448 | 225 | 223 | 9.0 | |
| Deaths | Rate per 1,000 total, (live and still) births. | ||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes: | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | 1.00 | |||
| Other puerperal causes | 3 | 3.00 | |||
| Deaths of Infants under one year of age. | |||||
| Deaths. | Infantile Mortality Rate. | ||||
| Number of infant deaths | 42 | 43 | |||
| Legitimate infants | 30 | 32 | |||
| Illegitimate infants | 13 | 352 | |||