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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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: TOTAL DEATHS 1953 (Registrar-General's Official Returns) All causes—819; Male, 385; Female, 434.

TOTAL DEATHS 1953 (Registrar-General's Official Returns) All causes—819; Male, 385; Female, 434.

CAUSES OF DEATHMALESFEMALES
1. Tuberculosis, respiratory51
2. Tuberculosis, other1—
3. Syphilitic disease1—
4. Diphtheria——
5. Whooping Cough—1
6. Meningococcal infections1-
7. Acute poliomyelitis——
8. Measles—-
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases11
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach710
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus279
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast—17
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus—3
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms4142
15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia15
16. Diabetes27
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system4279
18. Coronary disease, angina8441
19. Hypertension with heart disease1111
20. Other heart disease4290
21. Other circulatory disease1527
22. Influenza43
23. Pneumonia109
24. Bronchitis3126
25. Other diseases of respiratory system44
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum53
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhœa11
28. Nephritis and nephrosis—2
29. Hyperplasia of prostate9—
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion—1
31. Congenital malformations12
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases3130
33. Motor vehicle accidents3-
34. All other accidents36
35. Suicide23
36. Homicide and operations of war——
Totals385434