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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
Kingston upon Thames 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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GENERAL STATISTICS.
| Area | 1,133 acres. |
| Population, 1926 (Registrar-General): For birth-rate | 39.840 |
| For death-rate | 39,680 |
| Census (1921) | 39,479 |
| Number of inhabited houses (1921) | 7,859 |
| Number of families or separate occupiers (1921) | 9,210 |
| Number of families per dwelling (1921) | 1.18 |
| Number of rooms per person (1921) | 1.15 |
| Rateable Value— To Poor Rate | £279,010 |
| Assessable Value to District Rate | £274,521 |
| Sum represented by a Penny Rate— Poor Rate | £a,083 |
| District Rate | £1,073 |
| Amount of Poor Law Relief (1925) | £3,048 |
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
| Total. | Male. | Female. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 577 | 289 | 288 | Birth Rate (R.G.) 15.5 per 1,000 population. | ||
| Illegitimate | 42 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 619 | 308 | 311 | ||||
| 466 | 236 | 230 | Death Rate (R.G.) 11.7 per 1,000 population. | |||
| Number of women dying in, or in consequence of child-birth— | ||||||
| From Sepsis | 4 | |||||
| From other causes | 0 | |||||
| Deaths of Infants under one year— | ||||||
| Legitimate | 42 | 27 | 15 | |||
| Illegitimate | 4 | 4 | — | |||
| 46 | 31 | 15 | ||||