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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| (i) General Statistics. | |||||
| Area | 1,390 acres | ||||
| Population, 1933 (Registrar General) | 38,690 | ||||
| Number of inhabited houses | 9,050 | ||||
| Rateable Value—General Rate | £389,896 | ||||
| Sum represented by Penny Rate | £1,599 | ||||
| Amount of Poor Law Relief | £3,169 | ||||
| (ii) Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year. | |||||
| Legitimate | 429 | 244 | 185 | Birth Rate (R.G.) per 1,000 pop. 12.2. | |
| Illegitimate | 41 | 22 | 19 | ||
| 470 | 266 | 204 | |||
| Legitimate | 13 | 5 | 8 | Rate per 1000 total live and still) births 26.9 | |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | ||
| 464 | 234 | 230 | Death Rate (R.G.) per 1,000 pop. 12.0. | ||
| Rate per 1000 total (live Deaths and still) births | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | 2.07 | |||
| Other Puerperal Causes | — | — | |||
| Total | 1 | 2.07 | |||