[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham] page 10

Beckenham 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Vital Statistics for years 1940 to 1948

The comparative rates given revel some intersting 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
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
1948	75,050		1,051	22	1,073	14.297		22	2	24	12	3		15	13.98
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
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		136		1.775
1948	695	9.260			1		26		0.346		128		1 .7 06