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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: TOTAL DEATHS, 1950 (Registrar-General's Official Returns). All causes—783; Male, 382; Female, 401.

TOTAL DEATHS, 1950 (Registrar-General's Official Returns). All causes—783; Male, 382; Female, 401.

Causes of Deathmalesfemales
1Tuberculosis, respiratory126
2.Tuberculosis, other—1
3.Syphilitic disease11
4.Diphtheria——
5.Whooping Cough—1
6.Meningococcal infections——
7.Acute poliomyelitis—-
8.Measles——
9.Other infective and parasitic diseases11
10.Malignant neoplasm, stomach711
11.Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus175
12.Malignant neoplasm, breast—21
13.Malignant neoplasm, uterus—4
14.Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms4026
15.Leukaemia, aleukaemia——
16.Diabetes24
17.Vascular lesions of nervous system4262
18.Coronary disease, angina7438
19.Hypertension with heart disease1518
20.Other heart disease50108 9
21.Other circulatory disease14
22.Influenza24
23.Pneumonia116
24.Bronchitis2011
25.Other diseases of respiratory system42
26.Ulcer of stomach and duodenum7—
27.Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea—1
28.Nephritis and nephrosis47
29.Hyperplasia of prostate10—
30.Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion——
31.Congenital malformations21
32.Other defined and ill-defined diseases3841
33.Motor vehicle accidents23
34.All other accidents35
35.Suicide44
36.Homicide and operations of war—
Totals382401