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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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VITAL STATISTICS FOR YEARS 1946 to 1954
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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | Illegitimate | Total | Rate per 1,000 population | Legitimate | Illegitimate | Total | Legitimate | Illegitimate | Total | Rate per 1,000 live Births | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 1954 | 75,280 | 872 | 19 | 891 | 11.835 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 23.57 | ||||
| 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 population | Number | Number | Rate per 1,000 population | Number | Rate per 1,000 population | ||||||||||
| 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 | — | 18 | 0.237 | 131 | 1.727 | |||||||||
| 1951 | 832 | 11.111 | 1 | 10 | 0.133 | 129 | 1.709 | |||||||||
| 1952 | 890 | 11.841 | 1 | 10 | 0.133 | 171 | 2.275 | |||||||||
| 1953 | 819 | 9.593 | — | 6 | 0.080 | 156 | 2.076 | |||||||||
| 1954 | 828 | 10.998 | — | 8 | 0.106 | 184 | 2.444 | |||||||||