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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1945.
Town hall,
Anerley, S.E.20.
July, 1946.
To the Chairman and Members of the Urban District
Council of Penge.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I beg to present an Annual Report on the health of the district for the year
ending the 31st December, 1945.
It is compiled in accordance with Circular 28 (1946) of the Ministry of
Health and does not include matters connected with the Civil Defence Services.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (acres) 770
Population (Census, 1931) 27,771
Civilian Population mid-year 1945 (estimated by Registrar-General) 18,720
Rateable value £192,610
Sum represented by Id. rate £665
The Manager of the Employment Exchange informed me that there were
approximately 50 persons unemployed in the Penge Urban District at the end
of the year, compared with 3 in 1944. In almost every case, the unemployment
was limited to not more than two weeks.
The Out-door relief given during the year amounted to £ 10,311 of which
£36 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
£10,916 of which £164 was to able-bodied unemployed and their families in the
year 1944.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated Civilian population, 22.48
Still-Birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 41.00
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated Civilian population, 12.44
Deaths from Puerperal Causes :—Rate per 1,000 total (live and still births)
—Nil.
Death Rate of Infants Under One Year of Age :
All infants, per 1,000 live births 40.38
Legitimate infants, per 1,000 legitimate live births 41.55
Illegitimate infants, per 1,000 illegitimate live births 27.77