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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Males Females Total
Legitimate 2,080 1,949 4,029
Illegitimate 187 143 330
2,267 2,092 4,359
VITAL AND OTHER STATISTICS
Population (mid-year 1968) 304,230
Area 39,266
Density of population (persons per acre) 7.7
Rateable value as at 1.4.68 £16,426,206
Product of 1d. Rate, 1968/9 £67,119
Rate in pound, 1968/9 (Domestic) 12/—
Births:
Live (Total) 4,359
Crude birth rate per 1,000 estimated total
population 14.3
Adjusted birth rate for comparison with other
areas 14.4
(Area comparability factor for Births = 1.01)
Illegitimate live births = 7.6% of all live births
Birth rate for Greater London 16.4
Birth rate for England and Wales 16.9
Stillbirths (Total) 55
Males Females Total
Legitimate 33 19 52
Illegitimate 1 2 3
34 21 55
Stillbirth rate for 1,000 live and still births 12
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 estimated total population
0.18
Stillbirth rate for Greater London 13.5
Stillbirth rate for England and Wales 14
Total births (live and still) 4,414
Males Females Total
Legitimate 2,113 1,968 4,081
Illegitimate 188 145 333
Total of all live
and still births 2,301 2,113 4,414