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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 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Table: SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA, 1943.

SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA, 1943.

Statistics.
Area (in acres)6,519
Registrar General's estimate of resident population mid-194351,300
Number of inhabited houses according to the rate books at the close of the year 194316,424

Table: Number of valuation assessments of habitable premises at 31.3.1944 :

Number of valuation assessments of habitable premises at 31.3.1944 :

(a) Bromley (old Borough area)(b) Hayes & Keston
Houses12,6782,693
Flats1,43872
Farmhouses131
Public houses345
14,1632,771 16,934
Rateable Value (31.3.1944)£703,254
Product of a Penny Rate (Year ending 31.3.45)£2,770

Table: Statistics. Live Birth

Statistics. Live Birth

TotalMaleFemale
Legitimate845446399Birth Rate per 1.000 of the estimated resident population:
legitimate562531
90147143017.5
Stillbirths:
LegitimateTotalMaleFemale
21129Stillbirth Rate per 1.000 total (live and still) births:
Illegitimate11
22121023.8