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Kingston upon Thames 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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SECTION A.

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.

(i) General Statistics.

Area1,390 acres
Population, 1934 (Registrar General)38,270
Number of inhabited houses9,536
Rateable Value—General Rate£450,733
Sum represented by Penny Rate£1,775
Amount of Poor Law Relief£3,673

(ii) Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.

Live Births—

Total.Male.Female.
Legitimate412200212Birth Rate (R.G.) per 1,000 pop. 12.3.
Illegitimate582929
470229241

Still Births—

Total.Male.Female.
Legitimate19118Rate per 1000 total (live and still) births 40.8
Illegitimate11
20119

Deaths—

Total.Male.Female.
422212210Death Rate (R.G.) per 1,000 pop. 11.0.

Death Rate corrected for age and sex constitution, 9.7
per thousand population (factor for correction 0.88, 1931
Census),