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Orpington 1942
[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) 20,842
Registrar-General's estimate of population,
mid-1942 47,990
Number of occupied houses, December, 1942 15,800
Rateable Value of District £478,351
Sum represented by penny rate £1,800
| Total. | M. | F. | Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 935 | 479 | 456 | 20.6 | |
| Live births | Illegitimate | 55 | 31 | 24 | |
| Total Births | 990 | 510 | 480 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births | |||||
| Still-births | 28 | 15 | 13 | 27.5 | |
| Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated population. | |||||
| Deaths | . 536 | 298 | 238 | 11.1 | |
| Deaths from puerperal causes : | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 2 | 1.9 | |||
| Other puerperal causes | Nil | — | |||
| Total | 2 | 1.9 | |||
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age : —
All infants per 1,000 live births 28
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 28
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live
births 18
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 76
,, ,, Measles (all ages) —
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 2