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Bromley 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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SECTION A.
VITAL AND OTHER
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 6.519
Registrar General's estimate of population (mid-year), 1948 63.360
No. of inhabited houses and flats, according to the rate books
at the close of the year 17,574
No. of valuation assessments of habitable premises at the
close of the year 17,624
(a) Bromley (b) Hayes and
(Old Borough area) Keston Total
Houses 12,969 2,917 15,886
Flats 1,605 84 1,689
Farmhouses 12 1 13
Public Houses 31 5 36
14,617 3,007 17,624
Rateable Value (31st March, 1949) £712,638
Product of a Penny Rate for the year ending 31st March, 1950 £2,940
Vital Statistics.
Live Births
| Total | Male | Female | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 990 | 493 | 497 | |
| Illegitimate | 52 | 29 | 23 | |
| 1,042 | 522 | 520 |
| Total | Male | Female | ||
| Legitimate | 23 | 11 | 12 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | — | |
| 24 | 12 | 12 |
Deaths from Puerperal Causes.
Puerperal Sepsis 1 Maternal Mortality Rate 0.94 per 1.000
Other Puerperal Causes —(live and still) births.
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Deaths.
| Total | Male | Female | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 631 | 310 | 321 |