[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham] page 8

Beckenham 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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VITAL STATISTICS FOR YEARS 1941 to 1949

THE COMPARATIVE RATES GIVEN REVEAL SOME INTERESTING TENDENCIES

Year	Population as estimated at mid-June by Registrar-General	Legitimate	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
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
1949	75,630	1,046	30	1,076	14.227	23	1	24	29	—	29	26.36
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
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	lO.763		2		22	0.314		142		2.190
1947	736	9.975		3		19	0.256		136
1948	695	9.260		1		26	0.346		128
1949	798	10.551		1		22	0.290		130		I.718