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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 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: TOTAL DEATHS, 1955 (Registrar-General's Official Returns). All causes—836; Male, 410; Female, 426.

TOTAL DEATHS, 1955 (Registrar-General's Official Returns). All causes—836; Male, 410; Female, 426.

causes of deathmalesfemales
1. Tuberculosis, respiratory6_
2. Tuberculosis, other——
3. Syphilitic disease1—
4. Diphtheria——
5. Whooping Cough——
6. Meningococcal infections——
7. Acute poliomyelitis—1
8. Measles——
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases11
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach108
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus313
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast—12
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus—6
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms3745
15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia12
16. Diabetes26
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system5271
18. Coronary disease, angina9662
19. Hypertension with heart disease118
20. Other heart disease4193
21. Other circulatory disease1827
22. Influenza——
23. Pneumonia1714
24. Bronchitis259
25. Other diseases of respiratory system75
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum32
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhœa2—
28. Nephritis and nephrosis33
29. Hyperplasia of prostate8—
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion——
31. Congenital malformations31
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases2339
33. Motor vehicle accidents43
34. All other accidents42
35. Suicide43
36. Homicide and operations of war——
Totals410426