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Bromley 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL
CONDITIONS OF THE AREA, 1939.
Statistics.
Area (in acres) 6,519
Registrar General's estimate of—
(a) Resident population (mid-1939) 60,000
(b) Average population appropriate
to the calculation of death
rates (mild-1939) 59,080
Number of inhabited houses according
to the rate books (31/3/40) 16,727
Number of valuation assessments of
inhabitable premises (1/4/40) 17,301
Rateable Value (31/3/40) £719,994
Product of a Penny Rate (estimated for
year ending 31/3/41) £2,880
Live Births.
| Total | Male | Female. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 794 | 434 | 360 | |
| Illegitimate | 41 | 18 | 23 | |
| Stillbirths. | 835 | 452 | 383 | |
| Legitimate | 38 | 21 | 17 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | — | 1 | |
| 39 | 21 | 18 | ||
| Deaths | 593 | 289 | 304 | |
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes:— | Rate per 1,000 total (live and births: | |||
| Number of deaths. | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | Nil | |||
| Other puerperal causes | 3 | |||