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Beckenham 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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TABLE IV.
DISTRICT OF BECKENHAM. 1 Causes of, and Ages at, Death during 1908.
| ses of Death. | Deaths in or Belonging to Whole District at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages). | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards. | Copers Cope Ward. | Eden Park Ward. | Langley Park Ward. | Shortlands W7ard. | Manor Hons Ward | Kent House-Ward | Laurie Park W ard. | |||
| fell-pox | ||||||||||||||||
| fesles | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Brlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Hooping-Cough | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bhtheria (including Mem | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | |||||||
| B branous Croup | ||||||||||||||||
| up | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ||||||||||||
| l/er | ( Typhus | |||||||||||||||
| Enteric | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| ( Other continued | ||||||||||||||||
| lidemic Influenza | r3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| lolera | ... | |||||||||||||||
| ague | ||||||||||||||||
| iarrhue | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| pteritis | 9 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ... | ||||||||||
| lerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| iysipelas | ||||||||||||||||
| ???hisis (Pulmonary Tuber- | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 culosis) | 10 | 10 | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
| Her tuberculous diseases | 18 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Hcer, malignant disease | 31 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |||||
| Hnchitis | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ... | ||||
| Bumonia | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ... | |||||
| Birisy | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Her diseases of respiratory | ||||||||||||||||
| ???organs | 9 | 4 | 2 | I | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Bholism i Bhosis of Liver | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Be real diseases | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| ???nature birth | 9 | 9 | 1 | I | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Bases and accidents of | ||||||||||||||||
| BParturition | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ht diseases | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Hdents | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Hdes | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Br septic diseases | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ||||||||
| He Decay | 22 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | I | 5 | 3 | 3 | ... | ||||||
| Htry diseases | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | I | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Hases of the nervous system | 28 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 2 | |||
| ???ther causes | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | |||
| All causes | 280 | 49 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 103 | 8.5 | 25 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 79 | 52 | 66 | 23 | |
Notes.—(a) The deaths of residents occurring beyond the limits of the district are included in this table, and deaths of non-residents
occurring in the districts are excluded. See note on Table I. as to the meaning of "Residents" and "Nonresidents."
(b) Deaths of residents occurring in public institutions are allotted to the respective localities according to the addresses
of the deceased as given by the Registrars, and in addition, are classified under " Public Institutions."
(c) Under the heading of " Diarrhoea " are included deaths certified as from diarrhoea alone or in combination with some
other cause of ill-defined nature; and also deaths as certified from
Epidemic enteritis;
Zymotic enteritis;
Epidemic diarrhoea ; Summer diarrhoea;
Dysentery and Dysenteric diarrhoea;
Choleraic diarrhoea, cholera, cholera nostras (in the absence of Asiatic cholera).
Under the heading of "Enteritis" are included those certified as from gastro enteritis, muco-enteritis and gastric
catarrh, unless from information obtained by enquiry from the certifying practitioner or otherwise, the Medical
Officer of Health shall have reason for including such deaths, especially those of infants, under the specific
term " Diarrhoea."
Deaths from diarrhoea secondary to some other well-defined disease are included under the latter.
recording the facts under the various headings of Tables I., II., III., and IV., attention has been given to the notes on the Tables.
GEORGE CARPENTER, M.D., Medical Officer of Health.
January, 1909.