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The following houses, &c., have been erected during
1909.
Feb. 22.—Sixteen houses, Green Lane.
Mar. 11.—Conversion of houses into flats, 92,
Belvedere Road.
April 22.—Two houses, Tremaine Road.
May 15.—Two houses, Worbeck Road.
May 17.—Three houses, Milestone Road.
May 18.—Parish Room, Green Lane.
June 10.—Laundry building, 36, Jasmine Grove.
July 10.—Two houses, Worbeck Road.
July 12.—Conversion of houses into flats, 22 and
24, Weighton Road.
July 21.—Conversion of house into flats, 22,
Beverley Road.
Oct. 8.—Electric Theatre, Beckenham Road.
Dec. 1.—New warehouse, Green Lane.
birth rate.
The births registered during the year 1909 numbered
393, of which 226 were males and 167 females. This
gives a birth rate of 161 per 1,000, compared with 17.9
for 1908, 16.3 for 1907, 17.6 for 1906, 19.5 for 1905, 20.8
for 1904, 20.7 for 1903, 20.8 for 1902, 20.3 for 1901.
The birth rate for the whole of England for the year
1909 was, according to the Registrar.General's Returns,
the lowest on record.
death rate.
The number of deaths registered in the Urban
District of Penge during the year 1909 was 232, equal to
9.5 per 1,000. To these have to be added 44, which
occurred in Public Institutions outside the district.
The corrected death rate is, therefore, 276, equal to
11.3 per 1,000, compared with 216, equal to 8.9 per 1,000
for 1908; 238, equal to 9.9 per 1,000 for 1907; 11.4