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Bromley 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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I.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA, 1934.
Statistics.
Area (in acres) 6,519
Population—
Census 1921 35,052
Census 1931 45,374
Mid-year 1934 (Registrar General's
estimate) 53,890
Number of inhabited houses—
Census 1931 10,764
December, 1934 14,380
Rateable Value (31/3/1935) £617,345
The sum represented by a penny rate
(Estimated for year ending 31/3/1936 £2,490
Vital Statistics.
The following extracts from the vital statistics relate to the nett births and deaths, after correction for inward and outward transfers, as furnished by the Registrar
General:—
| Live Births. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Male. | Female | ||
| Legitimate | 664 | 320 | 344 | ' Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident popvla turn: 13.3. |
| Illegitimate | 42 | 22 | 20 | |
| 706 | 342 | 364 | ||
| Stillbirths. | ||||
| Legitimate | 15 | 7 | 8 | 'Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births: 23.5, |
| Illegitimate | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 17 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Deaths | 521 | 246 | 275 | Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated, resident population: 9.5 — adjusted according to comparability factor. |