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Beckenham 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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TABLE SHOWING CAUSES OF DEATHS AT DIFFERENT AGE PERIODS DURING THE YEAR, 1937

Causes of DeathRegistrar General.All ages0 to 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and overCopers CopeShortlandsLangley ParkEden ParkManor HouseKent HouseLawrie ParkWest Wickham |Total
MaleFemaleTotal
Typhoid Fever, etc.-------------------------
Measles-------------------------
Scarlet Fever222--11-------11---2
Whooping Cough1111------1---1
Diphtheria-------------
Influenza17*9716-------2442422--334216
Encephalitis Lethargica------------
Cerebro-Spinal Fever1111-------------1-1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis34211334--113516521--3228257534
Non-Pulmon'y Tuberculosis9369111121-11-----221229
Syphilis111---1------1----1
Cancer91434891--11514192724815413141117991
Diabetes8*437-----1222112-I-27
Cerebral Haemorrhage31181331------15109422323657331
Heart Diseases1558372155-----2811284543181915111923162923155
Other Circulatory Diseases43212243--114426157335195551043
Bronchitis1376131-133321213114-13
Pneumonia3816223841113333135115381042538
Other Respiratory Diseases105510-----11251221211110
Peptic Ulcer6516------2121-23---16
Appendicitis4224-----1111111--14
Diarrhoea2222-----------------112
Other Liver Diseases5145-------_1121-12---11-5
Other Digestive Diseases146**6122--12322-11-24-2212
Nephritis1981119-1131346-1115143319
Congenital Debility—
Prematurity188101818------------224_32518
Senility1521315-962_2251315
Suicide42*13-11_1---21-----3
Other Violence15*410142142-113-1123121314
Other Defined Causes65*39**2362332813597109226416998862
111 Defined Causes
62130930361233771315245260981441213849683810588779889612
The Registrar General has allocated a total number of deaths to this area of 621. Of this number we are unable to trace 9. Those headings where we have been unable to agree the figures are marked with an asterisk.