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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING 1938.
Provisional Figures.
| 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. | Diarrhoea (under 2 years). | Total deaths under 1 year. | |||
| Live Births | Still Births | |||||||||||
| England and Wales | 15.1 | 0.60 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 1 0.11 | 5.5 | 53 | |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great towns including London | 15.0 | 0.65 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 7.8 | 57 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (with population between 20,000 and 50,000) | 15.4 | 0.60 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 13.1 | 57 |
| London | 13.4 | 0.48 | 11.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 13.1 | 57 |
| BECKENHAM | 1262 | 056 | 8.35 | 0 00 | 000 | 0.00 | 000 | 0 00 | 002 | 013 | 1.1 | 34 |