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Beckenham 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1937
Area of District in Acres 5,935
Population: 1931 Census 43,832
Estimated by Registrar General, June, 1937 69,580
Rateable value, 31st March, 1937 £804,005
Sum represented by a penny rate, 31st March, 1937 £3,250
Density of Population (Census, 1931) 11.28
Number of Occupied Houses (Census, 1931) 10,308
Houses erected in 1937 646
Number of live Births (Registrar General's figures):—
Males Females
Legitimate 474 445
Illegitimate 14 11 Total 930
Live Birth Rate 13.365
Still Births Registered:—
Males Females
Still Birth Rate (a) per 1,000 population 0.402
(b) per 1,000 Births—live and still 30.271
Number of Deaths (Registrar General's figures) :—
Males—315; Females—306 621
Death Rate per 1.000 living 8.924
Infantile Mortality (33 deaths of infants under 1 year of
age, per 1,000 births) 35.483
Legitimate: Male, 16; Female, 14
Illegitimate: „ 1 „ 2
Zymotic Death Rate (11 deaths) 0.071
Tuberculosis Death Rate (all forms, 43 deaths) 0.488
,, (Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 34 deaths) 0.129
(Non- „ „ 9 „ ) 0.014
Disease of Respiratory Organs other than Tuberculosis,
61 deaths 0.876
Cancer Death Rate, 91 deaths 1.307
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