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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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BOROUGH OF BECKENHAM. VITAL STATISTICS FOR YEARS 1939 TO 1944. PLEASE INSERT IN 1944 ANNUAL REPORT.
| 64,500 | 757 | 22 | 779 | 12.079 | 20 | - | 20 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 30.06 | |||
| 1941. | 53,310 | 548 | 33 | 591 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 36.70 | |||
| 1943. | 56,300 | 890 | 44 | 16.589 | 27 | - | 27 | 24 | 26.77 | |||||
| 1942. | 58,060 | 950 | 45 | 995 | 17.131 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 30.15 | ||||
| 1944. | 55,540 | 848 | 40 | 15.988 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 29.26 | |||
| Year. | Death of Civilians from all causes including enemy action. | Deaths of Mothers in childbirth. | Deaths f) m Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Deaths from all forms of cancer. | ||||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 of population. | Number. | Lumber. | Rate per 1000 of population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 of population. | ||||||||
| 1939. | 677 | 9.771 | 26 | 0.366 | 1.580 | |||||||||
| 1940. | 851 | 13.190 | 3 | 22 | 0.341 | 115 | 1.783 | |||||||
| 1941. | 13.637 | NIL | 28 | 0.525 | 92 | 1.725 | ||||||||
| 1942. | 673 | 11.953 | NIL | 25 | 0.444 | 122 | 2.166 | |||||||
| 1943. | 11.071 | NIL | 17 | 0.292 | 121 | 2.033 | ||||||||
| 1944. | 717 | 12.909 | NIL | 33 | 0.594 | 107 | 1.926 | |||||||
Public Health Department,
BECKENHAM.
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