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Beckenham 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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TABLE I.
DISTRICT OF BECKENHAM.
Vital Statistics for whole District during 1908 and previous years.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year | Births | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non-Residents registered in District | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths under OneYear of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rates per 1,000 Births registered | Number | Rate.* | Number. | Rate. | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4. | 5 | 6. | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1898 | 24,730 | 571 | 23.08 | 78 | 136.6 | 252 | 10.1 | … | 7 | 7 | 252 | 10.1 |
| 1899 | 26,075 | 554 | 21.25 | 80 | 144.4 | 271 | 10.4 | … | 4 | 17 | 284 | 10.8 |
| 1900 | 26,556 | 569 | 21.4 | 50 | 87.8 | 258 | 9.7 | … | 8 | 19 | 269 | 10.1 |
| 1901 | 26,600 | 625 | 23.6 | 81 | 129.6 | 249 | 9.3 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 265 | 9.9 |
| 1902 | 28,249 | 596 | 21.1 | 55 | 92.2 | 218 | 7.7 | 6 | 21 | 240 | 8.4 | |
| 1903 | 29,672 | 629 | 21.19 | 61 | 96.9 | 230 | 7.7 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 234 | 7.8 |
| 1904 | 30,701 | 662 | 21.2 | 84 | 126.8 | 286 | 9.3 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 294 | 9.5 |
| 1905 | 32,149 | 660 | 20.5 | 64 | 96.9 | 281 | 8.7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 296 | 9.2 |
| 1906 | 32,215 | 670 | 20.8 | 63 | 94.0 | 245 | 7.5 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 259 | 8.0 |
| 1907 | 32,809 | 664 | 20.2 | 50 | 75.3 | 240 | 7.3 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 263 | 8.0 |
| Averages for years. 1898-1907) | 28,975 | 620 | 21.4 | 66 | 108.0 | 253 | 8.7 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 265 | 9.1 |
| 1908 | 33,061 | 688 | 49 | 71.2 | 266 | 8.o | 23 | 7 | 21 | 280 | 84 | |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1.000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of those registered during the year as having
actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths to be included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7,
corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term " Non-residents " is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public
institutions there; and by the term " Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or
infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The " Public Institutions " to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which persons are habitually
received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums.
Area of District in acres
(exclusive of area
covered by water).
3,881
Total Population at all ages 26,331
Number of inhabited houses4,704
Average number of persons per house .5 74-
At Census
of 1901