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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1946.
Town Hall,
Anerley, S.E. 20.
June, 1947.
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, 1946.
It is compiled in accordance with Circular 13 (1947) of the Ministry of Health.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (acres) 770
Population (Census 1931) 27,771
Civilian Population mid-year 1946 (estimated by Registrar-
General) 22,980
Rateable value 1st October, 1946 £194,597
Sum represented by Id. rate £730
The Manager of the Employment Exchange informed me that there were
fewer than 100 persons unemployed in the Penge Urban District at the end of
the year, compared with 50 in 1945.
The Out-door relief given during the year amounted to £\ 1,200 1 Is. 1 Id., of
which £11 17s. Od. 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 £10,311, of which £36 was to able-bodied unemployed and their
families, in the year 1945.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated Civilian population, 25.80.
Still-Birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 32.62.
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated Civilian population, 13.01.
Deaths from Puerperal Causes :—Rate per 1,000 total (live and still births) :
Sepsis—Nil; Other Causes—1.63.
Death Rate of Infants under One Year of Age :
All infants, per 1,000 live births 32.04
Legitimate infants, per 1,000 legitimate live births 30.70
Illegitimate infants, per 1,000 illegitimate live births 48.78