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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 1937
[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 1937 (Registrar General) 39,850
Number of inhabited houses approx 10,000
Rateable Value—General Rate £495,935
Sum represented by Penny Rate £1,970
Amount of Poor Law Relief £5,765
(ii) Social Conditions.
The Borough has become, to some extent, an industrial
town, the chief businesses including engineering and aeroplane
works.
The unemployment figures remained low so far as the
engineering and allied trades were concerned, but there
was a fairly large increase in unemployment in connection
with building operatives, particularly among those classed
as skilled workers.
(iii)
| Total. | Male. | Female. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 514 | 276 | 238 | Birth Rate (R.G.) per 1,000 pop. 13.52 |
| Illegitimate | 25 | 15 | 10 | |
| 539 | 291 | 248 |
| Total. | Male. | Female. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 14 | 7 | 7 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 27.07. |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | — | |
| 15 | 8 | 7 |