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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING 1937.
Provisional Figurks.
| Rate per 1,000 total population | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 population. | Rate per 1,000 live births. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | Enteric Fever. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea (under 2 years). | Total deaths under 1 year. | |||
| Live Births | Still Births | ||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 14.9 | 0.60 | 12.4 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.45 | 0.54 | 5.8 | 58 |
| 122 County Boroughs and Great towns including London | 14.9 | 0.67 | 12.5 | 0.01 | - | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 7.9 | 62 |
| 143 Smaller Towns (with population between 20,000 and 50,000) | 15.3 | 0.64 | 11.9 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 3.2 | 55 |
| London | 13.3 | 0.54 | 12.3 | 0.00 | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 12.0 | 60 |
| BECKENHAM | 1336 | 0 40 | 8.94 | 0 00 | - | 0 00 | 002 | 0 01 | 000 | 024 | 0.21 | 21 | 35 |