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Beckenham 1947

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VITAL STATISTICS FOR YFARS 1939 to 1947The comparative rates given reveal some interesting tendencies

Year	Population as estimated at mid-June by Registrar-General		Live Births Registered					Still Births				Deaths of Infants under one year
Year	Population as estimated at mid-June by Registrar-General		Legitimate	Illegitimate	Total	Rate per 1,000 of population		Legitimate	Illegitimate		Total	Legitimate		Illegitimate	Total	Rate per 1,000 live Births
1939	71,010		897	14	911	12.827		26	1		27	24		6	30	32.96
1940	64,500		757	22	779	12.079		20	-		20	22		1	23	30.06
1941	53,310		548	33	591	10.898		10	3		13	17		3	20	36.70
1942	56,300		890	44	934	16.589		27	-		27	24		1	25	26.77
1943	58,080		950	45	995	17.131		25	1		26	29		1	30	30.15
1944	55,540		848	40	888	15.988		21	3		24	24		2	26	29.28
1945	58,850		836	50	886	15.055		26	2		28	18		4	22	24.94
1946	70,330		1,273	62	1,335	18.413		28	-		28	34		3	37	27.71
1947	74,030		1,278	36	1,314	17.749		36	3		39	33		4	37	28.15
Year	Deaths of Civilians from all causes (including enemy action)				Deaths of Mothers in Childbirth		Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis						Deaths from all forms of Cancer
Year	Number	Rate per 1,000 of population			Number		Number			Rate per 1,000 population			Number		Rate per 1,000 population
1939	677	9.771			1		26			0.366			110		1.580
1940	851	13.190			3		22			0.341			115		1.783
1941	726	13.637			NIL		28			0.525			92		1.725
1942	673	11.953			NIL		25			0.444			122		2.166
1943	663	11.071			NIL		17			0.292			121		2.083
1944	717	12.909			NIL		33			0.594			107		1.926
1945	650	11.045			NIL		31			0.520			109		1.852
1946	757	10.763			2		22			0.314			142		2.190
1947	736	9.975			3		19			0.256			133		1.775