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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
Beckenham 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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Principal Features of the Vital Statistics
for the Year 1908.
Area of District 3.881 acres
Census Population, March, 1901 26,331
Estimated Population to middle of 1908 33,061
Births 688
birth Rate per 1,000 of the Population 20.8
Deaths 280
General Death Rate 84
Zymotic Death Rate 0.4
Infantile Mortality Rate (under one year) per 1,000
births registered 71.2
Child Mortality Rate (under five years) per cent.
of deaths registered 26.4