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Bromley 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Table: 1.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA, 1935.

1.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA, 1935.

Statistics.
Area (in acres)6,519
Population—
Census, 192135,052
Census, 193145,374
Mid-year 1935 (Registrar General's estimate)56,200
Number of Inhabited Houses—
Census, 193110,764
End December, 1935 (Kate Books)15,311
Rateable Value (31/3/1936)£650,975
The sum represented by a Penny Pate (Estimated for year ending 31/3/1937)£2,620

Table: Vital Statistics.The following extracts from the vital statistics of the year relate to the net births and deaths after correction for inward and outward transfers, as furnished by the Registrar General:—

Vital Statistics.

The following extracts from the vital statistics of the year relate to the net births and deaths after correction for inward and outward transfers, as furnished by the Registrar General:—

Live Births.
Total.Male.Female
Legitimate721374347Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population: 13.5.
Illegitimate371720
758391367
Stillbirths.
Legitimate1596Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births: 19.4.
Illegitimate---
1596
Deaths548274274Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident popula-tion: 9.4 — adjusted according to comparability factor .97.