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Town Hall,
Anerley,
S.E.20.
July, 1943,
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, 1942.
It is compiled in accordance with Circular 2773 (1943)
of the Ministry of Health and does not include matters connected
with the Civil Defence Services.
On the grounds of National Security, the population of the
district estimated by the Registrar-General is not to be
published this year and in consequence the number of births, deaths,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) 770
Population (Census, 1931) 27,771
Rateable value £205,378
Sum represented by Id. rate. £655
The Manager of the Employment Exchange informs me that there
were approximately 21 men and 6 women unemployed in the Penge
Urban District at the end of the year, compared with 51 men and
28 women in 1941.
The Out-door relief given during the year amounted to £9,405
of which £500 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 £9,420 of which £464 was to able-bodied
unemployed and their families in the year 1941.
VITAL STATISTICS
Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Civilian population, 20.4
Still-birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 13.3
Crude Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated Civilian population, 14.5
Deaths from Puerperal causes-: Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births.
Puerperal sepsis Nil
Other maternal causes. 2.65
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:-
All infants, per 1,000 live births 53,9
Legitimate infants, per 1,000 legitimate live births 52,1
Illegitimate infants, per 1,000 illegitimate live births76,9
Births.
The live birth rate per 1,000 civilian population was 20.4,
compared with 17.3 for 1941.
Sti11-blrths.
The rate per 1,000 total births was 13.3, compared with 39.7
for 1941.
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