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Death rate of infants under 1 year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 33.05
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births 31.5
Illegitimate infants per 1,000
illegitimate live births 58.8
Deaths from measles (all ages) 2
Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) 1
Deaths from diarrhoea (under 2 years
of age) 1
Social Conditions.
Bromley remains a delightful residential area
with a rather rapid increase in the small house
property, an indication of a "levelling up" of social
conditions during times of continued distress in the
country generally. There is an increasing predominance
of the three-person family, whether due to economic
conditions, or birth control, or a loss of fecundity,
cannot be known. The Census shows that the average
size of a family in Hromley is 3.70 persons, compared
with 4.04 of i921 Census, while the average size of
dwelling has fallen from 6.08 rooms to 5.70 rooms;
86 per cent. of families have three children or less.
Bromley continues to be the main shopping centre
of the surrounding area.
Meteorology.
The following particulars have been extracted from
the records kept at the Climatological Station at Church
House Gardens for the year ended 31st December, 1932:
Total rainfall 22.40 inches
Mean maximum temperature 56.68 degrees
Mean minimum daily
temperature 43.22 degrees
Highest maximum temperature
recorded 94 degrees on 19th
August.