Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |