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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 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: TOTAL DEATHS,1957 (Registrar-General's Official Returns). All causes—787. Male, 383 ; Female, 404.

TOTAL DEATHS,1957 (Registrar-General's Official Returns). All causes—787. Male, 383 ; Female, 404.

CAUSES OF DEATHMALESFEMALES
1. Tuberculosis, respiratory21
2. Tuberculosis, other——
3. Syphilitic disease11
4. Diphtheria——
5. Whooping Cough——
6. Meningococcal infections——
7. Acute poliomyelitis2—
8. Measles——
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases—1
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach149
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus263
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast—26
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus—8
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms4637
15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia62
16. Diabetes32
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system3278
18. Coronary disease, angina8560
19. Hypertension with heart disease97
20. Other heart disease2562
21. Other circulatory disease1921
22. Influenza54
23. Pneumonia1812
24. Bronchitis308
25. Other diseases of respiratory system42
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum75
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhœa12
28. Nephritis and nephrosis21
29. Hyperplasia of prostate5—
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion——
31. Congenital malformations65
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases2328
33. Motor vehicle accidents2—
34. All other accidents513
35. Suicide56
36. Homicide and operations of war——
Totals383404