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Kingston upon Thames 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| 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—General Rate | £375,278 |
| Sum represented by a Penny Rate | £1,554 |
| Amount of Poor Law Relief | £4,418 |
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
| Live Births- | ||||
| Total. | Male. | Female. | ||
| Legitimate | 520 | 263 | 257 | Birth Rate (R.G.) per 1,000 population 14.3 |
| Illegitimate | 33 | 15 | 18 | |
| 553 | 278 | 275 | ||
| Still Births— | ||||
| Total. | Male. | Female. | ||
| Legitimate | 24 | 10 | 14 | |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | |
| 24 | 10 | 14 | ||
| Deaths— | ||||
| Total. | Male. | Female. | ||
| 423 | 220 | 203 | Death Rate (R.G.) per 1,000 population 11.0 | |
| Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, child-birth— | ||||
| From Sepsis | 2 | |||
| From other causes | 2 | |||