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

Beckenham 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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VITAL STATISTICS FOR YEARS 1945 to 1953

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
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
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
1951	74,880	937	24	961	12.833	15	1	16	26	1	27	28.09
1952	75,160	906	16	922	12.267	15	—	15	16	1	17	18.43
1953	75,120	856	22	878	12.505	12	1	13	10	1	11	12.53
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
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
1951	832	11.111		1		10	0.133		129		1.709
1952	890	11.841		l		10	0.133		171		2.275
1953	819	9.593		NIL		6	0.080		156		2.076