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Bromley 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL
CONDITIONS OF THE AREA, 1936.
Statistics.
Area (in acres) 6,519
Population—Mid-year 1936 (Registrar
General's estimate) 57,850
Number of inhabited houses—
Census, 1931 10,764
End December, 1936 (Rate Books) 15,965
Rateable Value (31st March, 1937) £675,647
The sum represented by a Penny Rate
(estimated for the year ending 31st
March, 1938) £2,710
Vital Statistics.

Table: 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:—

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.
TotalMale.Female
Legitimate750379371Birth Rate per 1,000 of the 'estimated population: 13.5.
Illegitimate301317
780392388
Stillbirths.
Legitimate261115Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births : 32.
Illegitimate---
261115
Deaths567258309Death Rate per 1,000 of theestimated population: 9.4, (as adjusted according to comparability factor: 0.97.)