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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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VITAL AND OTHER STATISTICS
Population (mid year 1970) 301,820
Area (acres) 37,583
Density of population (persons per acre) 8.03
Rateable Value as at 1.4.70 £17,235,000
Product of Id. Rate £70,000
Rate in pound 1970/1971 (Domestic) 12/6
Births:
Live 4,368
Males Females Total
Legitimate 2,053 2,028 4,081
Illegitimate 153 134 287
Crude birth rate per 1,000 estimated total population
14.5
Adjusted birth rate for comparison with other
areas 14.6
(Area comparability factor for births = 1.01)
Illegitimate live births = 7% of all live births
Crude birth rate for Greater London 15.2
Birth rate for England and Wales 16.0
Stillbirths:
Stillbirths 53
Males Females T otal
Legitimate 22 23 45
Illegitimate 7 18
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and still births 12.0
Stillbirth rate for Greater London 12.0
Stillbirth rate for England and Wales 13.0
Total births (live and still) 4,421
Males Females T otal
Legitimate 2,075 2,051 4,126
Illegitimate 160 135 295
Total of all live
and stillbirths 2,235 2,186 4,421