Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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VITAL STATISTICS FOR YEARS 1949 to 1958
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 | |||||||||||
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Legitimate | Illegitimate | Total | Rate per 1,000 population | Legitimate | Illegitimate | Total | Legitimate | Illegitimate | Total | Rate per 1,000 live Births | |||||
1949 | 75,630 | 1,046 | 30 | 1,076 | 14.23 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 29 | — | 29 | 26.95 | |||
1950 | 75,850 | 895 | 24 | 919 | 12.12 | 18 | — | 18 | 18 | — | 18 | 19.58 | |||
1951 | 74,880 | 937 | 24 | 961 | 12.83 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 28.09 | |||
1952 | 75,160 | 906 | 16 | 922 | 12.27 | 15 | — | 15 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 18.43 | |||
1953 | 75,120 | 856 | 22 | 878 | 12.51 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 12.53 | |||
1954 | 75,280 | 872 | 19 | 891 | 11.84 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 23.57 | |||
1955 | 75,340 | 838 | 16 | 854 | 11.34 | 9 | — | 9 | 15 | — | 15 | 17.38 | |||
1956 | 75,340 | 867 | 32 | 899 | 11.93 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 11 | — | 11 | 12.40 | |||
1957 | 75,440 | 904 | 27 | 931 | 12.63 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 16.11 | |||
1958 | 75,380 | 927 | 26 | 953 | 12.64 | 21 | — | 21 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 14.69 | |||
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 | |||||||||||
Rate per 1,000 population | Number | Number | Rate per 1,000 population | Number | Rate per 1,000 population | ||||||||||
1949 | 798 | 10.55 | 1 | 22 | 0.29 | 130 | 1.72 | ||||||||
1950 | 783 | 10.32 | — | 18 | 0.24 | 131 | 1 73 | ||||||||
1951 | 832 | 11.11 | 1 | 10 | 0.13 | 129 | 1.71 | ||||||||
1952 | 890 | 11.84 | 1 | 10 | 0.13 | 171 | 2.28 | ||||||||
1953 | 819 | 9.59 | — | 6 | 0.08 | 156 | 2.08 | ||||||||
1954 | 828 | 11.00 | — | 8 | 0.11 | 184 | 2.44 | ||||||||
1955 | 836 | 11.10 | — | 6 | 0.08 | 152 | 2 02 | ||||||||
1956 | 843 | 11.18 | _ | 2 | 0.03 | 152 | 2.02 | ||||||||
1957 | 787 | 10.43 | — | 3 | 0.04 | 169 | 2.24 | ||||||||
1958 | 968 | 12.84 | — | 1 | 0.01 | 177 | 2.36 |