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Kingston upon Thames 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area 1,133 acres.
Population, 1929 (Registrar-General) :
For birth-rate 38,760
For death-rate 38,500
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 £293,740
Assessable Value to District Rate £289,218
Sum represented by a Penny Rate—
Poor Rate £1,184
District Rate £1,168
Amount of Poor Law Relief £3,523
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
| Total. | Male. | Female. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 529 | 265 | 264 | Birth Rate (R.G.) per 1,000 population 14.3 |
| Illegitimate | 27 | 17 | 10 | |
| 556 | 282 | 274 | ||
| Legitimate | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | — | 1 | |
| 13 | 6 | 7 | ||
Deaths—
517 244 273 Death Rate (R.G.)
per 1,000 population 13.4
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of,
child-birth—
From Sepsis 0
From other causes 1