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Bromley 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL
CONDITIONS OF THE AREA, 1937.
Statistics.
Area (in acres) 6,519
Population—Mid-year 1937 (Registrar
General's estimate) 58,700
Number of inhabited houses—
Census, 1931 10,764
End December, 1937 (Rate Books) 16,545
Rateable Value (31st March, 1938) £692,807
The sum represented by a Penny Rate
(estimated for the Year ending
31/3/1939) £2,800

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

Vital Statistics.

The following extracts from the statistics for 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
Legitimate739373366Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated population: 1.3.2
Illegitimate391425
778387391
Stillbirths.
Legitimate1358Bate per 1,000 total (live and still) births: 18.9
Illegitimate22—
1578
Deaths605291314Death Rate per 1,000 of tlxestimated population : (as adjusted by Areal Comparability Factor 0.97) 9.9