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Orpington 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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SECTION A
VITAL AND OTHER STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
GENERAL STATISTICS
| Area of the Urban District (in acres) | 20,842 |
| Area of Parks, Open Spaces, etc. (in acres) | 283.6 |
| Registrar-General's estimate of total population (mid year 1959) | 74,620 |
| Rateable value at 31st December, 1959 | £1,246,783 |
| Estimated net product of a penny rate ,1959/1960 | £5,050 |
| Total number of valuation assessments at 31st December, 1959 | 23,797 |
Mileage of Roads as at 31st December, 1959.
| County Roads (Class I, II and III) | 41.35 miles |
| District Roads | 105.89 miles |
| Unadopted roads | 31.5 miles |
| Total | 178.74 miles |
VITAL STATISTICS
Live Births.
| Males | Females | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 699 | 641 | 1,340 | |
| Illegitimate | 19 | 29 | 48 | |
| 718 | 670 | 1,388 | ||
| Crude birth rate per 1,000 estimated total population | 18.6 | |||
| Adjusted birth rate for comparison with other areas (The area comparability factor for births is 0.98) | 18.2 | |||
| Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births | 3.5 | |||
| Birth rate for England and Wales | 16.5 | |||
| Stillbirths. | ||||
| Males | Females | Total | ||
| Legitimate | 11 | 9 | 20 | |
| Illegitimate | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 11 | 10 | 21 | ||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total live and still births | 14.9 | |||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 estimated total population | 0.28 | |||
| Total Births (live and still). | ||||
| Males | Females | Total | ||
| Legitimate | 710 | 650 | 1,360 | |
| Illegitimate | 19 | 30 | 49 | |
| 729 | 680 | 1,409 | ||