Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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THE 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 | ||||||||||||
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Legitimate | Illegitimate | Total | Rate per 1,000 of population | Legitimate | Illegitimate | Total | Legitimate | Illegitimate | Total | Rate per 1,000 live Births | ||||||
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 | 26.95 | ||||
1950 | 75,850 | 895 | 24 | 919 | 12.116 | 18 | - | 18 | 18 | - | 18 | 19.58 | ||||
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 | ||||||||||||
Number | Rate per 1,000 of population | Number | Number | Rate per 1,000 population | Number | Rate per 1,000 population | ||||||||||
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 | 1.706 | |||||||||
1949 | 798 | 10.551 | 1 | 22 | 0.290 | 130 | 1.718 | |||||||||
1950 | 783 | 10.323 | NIL | 18 | 0.237 | 131 | 1.727 |