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Town Hal 1,
Anerley,
S„E,20.
June, 1942.
To the' Chairman and Members of the Urban.
District Council of Penge.
Mr .'Chairman and Gentlemen,
I beg to present, an abridged Annual Report on the health
of the district for the year ending the 31st December, 1941.
It • is compiled in accordance with Circiilar 2604 (1942)
of the Ministry of Health and does not include matters connected
with the Civil Defence Services. •
On the grounds of National Security, the estimated
population of the district is not to be published this year
and in consequence the number of births, deaths, etc. are not
given, the information being restricted to the publication of
birth and other rates. ? ,
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (acres.) 77 0
Population (Census, 1931) 27,771
Rateable value £205,436
Sum represented by Id. rate £677
The Manager of the Employment Exchange informs me that
there were approximately 51 men and 28 women unemployed in the
Penq-e" Urban District at the end of the year, compared with 43
men and 104 women in 1940.
The Out-door relief, given during the year amounted to £9,420
of which £464 was to able-bodied unemployed and .their families and
the balance to the unemployable from age or other causes. This
compares with an amount of £15,481 of which £936 was to able-bodied
unemployed and ttieir .families in the year 1940.
VITAL .STATISTICS
Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Civilian population, 17.3
Still-birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 39.7
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated Civilian population,
18.4
Deaths from Puerperal causes - Nil.
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:-
All infants, per 1,000 live births 70.4
Legitimate infants, per 1,000 legitimate live births 68.3
Illegitimate infants,.per 1,000 illegitimate live births 100.0
Births.
The live birth rate per 1,000. civilian population was 17.3,
compared with 18.3 for 1940.
St ill-births.
The" rate per 1,000 total births was 39.7, compared with
21.9 for 1940.
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