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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 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Table: SECTION A.STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.

SECTION A.

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.

Area (in acres)6,519
Registrar General's estimate of population mid-year, 1946 No. of inhabited houses and flats according to the rate books60,540
at the close of the financial year 1945-194616,850
No. of valuation assessments of habitable premises at that date17,376
(a) Bromley (old Borough area)(b) Hayes & Keston
Houses and flats13,8273,123
Shops and dwellings33442
Hotels and licensed premises (Excluding 1,412 sundry rateable hereditaments.)437
14,2043,17217,376
Rateable Value at 31st March, 1947£711.270
Product of a Penny Rate for the year ended 31st March, 1948£2,910

Table: Vital Statistics.

Vital Statistics.

TotalMaleFemale
Legitimate1119566553Birth Rate 19.4 per 1,000
Illegitimate57.2928population.
1176595581
Stillbirths:
TotalMaleFemale
Legitimate321319Stillbirth Rate 27.28 per
Illegitimate1—11,000 (live & still) births.
331320
Deaths:
TotalMaleFemale
656298358Death Rate 10.8 per 1,000population.
Deaths from Puerperal Causes:
Puerperal Sepsis–Maternal Mortality Rate 0.82 per
Other Puerperal causes11,000 {live and still) births.
Deaths of Infants under I year of age.
Legitimate311615Infantile Mortality
Illegitimate–––26.3 per 1 000 live birtns.
311615