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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bromley 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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SECTION A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA, 1941.
STATISTICS.
Area (in acres) 6.519.
Registrar General's estimate of
resident population, mid-1941 50,430.
No. of inhabited houses according
to the rate books (31.5.41) 15,919.
No. of valuation assessments of
habitable promises at 31.3.42;-
Bromley 14,158
Hayes &
Keston 2,772 16,930.
Rateable Value (31.3.1942 ) £698,666.
Product of a Penny Rate (estimated for
year ending 31.3.1942) £2,700.
VITAL STATISTICS.
| Live Births. | For calculating Birth Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate Illegitimate | Total. | Ma1e. | Female. | (Birth Rate per (1,000 of the (estimated resident (population mid-(1941-13.3. |
| 622 | 321 | 301 | ||
| 49 | 18 | 31 | ||
| 671 | 339 | 332 | ||
| For calculating Infant and Maternal Mortality Rates. | ||||
| Total | Male. | Female. | ||
| Legitimate | 573 | 296 | 277 | |
| Illegitimate | 49 | 18 | 31 | |
| 622 | 314 | 308 | ||
| Still-Births | For Calculating Births Rates. | |||
| Total. | Male. | Female. | ||
| Legitimate | 18 | 6 | 12 | |
| Illegitigimate | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 20 | 6 | 14 | ||
| For Calculating Infant and Maternal Mortality Rates. | ||||
| Total. | Male. | Female. | (Stillbirth Rate (per 1,000 total (live & still) (births: 28.1 | |
| Legitimate | 16 | 6 | 10 | |
| Illegitimate | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 18 | 6 | 12 | ||