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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
(i) General Statistics.
Area 1,390 acres
Population, 1935 (Registrar General) 39,030
Number of inhabited houses approx. 10,000
Rateable Value—General Rate £466,278
Sum represented by Penny Rate £1,825
Amount of Poor Law Relief £5,136
(ii) Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
| Total. | Male. | Female. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 474 | 238 | 236 | Birth Rate (R.G.) per 1,000 pop. 13.0. |
| Illegitimate | 36 | 15 | 21 | |
| 510 | 253 | 257 | ||
| Legitimate | 15 | 8 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 28.6 | |
| Illegitimate | - | - | - | |
| 15 | 8 | |||
| 482 | 237 | 245 | Death Rate (R.G.) per 1,000 pop. 12.3. |
Death Rate corrected for age and sex constitution, 10.8
per thousand population (factor for correction 0.88, 1931
Census).