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Bromley 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL
CONDITIONS OF THE AREA, 1938.
Statistics.
Area (in acres) 6.519
Population—Mid-year 1938 (Registrar
General's estimated) 59,470
Number of inhabited houses—
Census, 1931 10,764
End December, 1938 (Valuation
figure, 81.3.1939) 11,075
Rateable Value (31st March, 1939) £712,072
The sum represented by a Penny
Rate (estimated for the year ending
31/3/1940) £2,880
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 supplied by tie
Registrar General: —
Stillbirths.
| Legitimate | 27 | 15 | 12 | |
| Illegitimate | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 30 | 17 | 13 |
Stillbirths.
Legitimate
27
15
12
Rate per 1,000
total (live and
still) births:
36.9.
Illegitimate
3
2
1
30
17
13
Deaths 583 279 304
Death Rate per
1,000 of the
estimated
population:
(as adjusted by
the Areal Comparability
tor 0.97) 9.5.