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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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BOR [???] OF BECKENHAM. VITAL STATISTICS FOR YEARS 1909 TO 1944. PLEASE INSERT IN 1944. ANNUAL REPORT.
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| Year. | Poputlation as estimated at mid- June by Registrar Gen eral. | Live Births Registered. | Still Births. | I Deaths of Infants undor one vear-.: | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate, | Illegitimate. | Total | Rate per 1000 of population. | Legiti- mate. | Illegitismate. | Total | Legitimate. | Illegiti mate. | Total | Rate per 1000 of popu lation | ||||
| 1939. | 897 | 14 | 911 | 12.827 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 30 | 32.96 | ||||
| 1940. | 64,500 | 757 | 22 | 779 | 12.079 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 30.06 | |||
| 1941. | 53,310 | 548 | 33 | 591 | 10.898 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 36.70 | |||
| 1942. | 93U | 16.0589 | 27 | - | 27 | 24 | 1 | 21, | 26.77 | |||||
| 1943. | 56,030 | 950 | 995 | 17.131 | 25 | 1 | 26 | 29 | 30 | |||||
| 55,540 | 868 | 15.988 | 3 | 24 | 24 | |||||||||
| Year | Deaths of Civilans from all causes including ev.omy action. | Deaths of Mothers in childbirth. | Dvaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Deaths from all forms of Cancer. | ||||||||||
| Number» | Rate per 1000 of population. | Number. | Number. | Rate per 1000 of population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 of population. | ||||||||
| 1939. | 677 | 9.771 | 1 | 110 | 1.580 | |||||||||
| 1910. | 851 | 1 3.190 | 3 | 0.341 | 115 | 1.733 | ||||||||
| 1941. | 726 | 15.637 | NIL | 28 | 0.525 | 92 | 1.725 | |||||||
| 1942. | 673 | 11.953 | NIL | 25 | 0.444 | 122 | 2.166 | |||||||
| 1943. | 11.071 | NIL | 17 | 121 | 2.033 | |||||||||
| 1944. | 717 | 12.909 | NIL | 33 | 0.594 | 107 | 1.92b | |||||||
Public Health Department,
BECKENHAM.
1.8.45.