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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 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: TOTAL DEATHS, 1958 (Registrar-General's Official Returns). All causes—968. Male, 456 ; Female, 512.

TOTAL DEATHS, 1958 (Registrar-General's Official Returns). All causes—968. Male, 456 ; Female, 512.

CAUSES OF DEATHMALESFEMALES
1.Tuberculosis, respiratory1—
2.Tuberculosis, other——
3.Syphilitic disease——
4.Diphtheria——
5.Whooping Cough——
6.Meningococcal infections——
7.Acute poliomyelitis——
8.Measles——
9.Other infective and parasitic diseases1—
10.Malignant neoplasm, stomach147
11.Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus416
12.Malignant neoplasm, breast—13
13.Malignant neoplasm, uterus—6
14.Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms3852
15.Leukaemia, aleukaemia61
16.Diabetes23
17.Vascular lesions of nervous system4078
18.Coronary disease, angina11173
19.Hypertension with heart disease1016
20.Other heart disease4191
21.Other circulatory disease2438
22.Influenza42
23.Pneumonia2436
24.Bronchitis2519
25.Other diseases of respiratory system52
26.Ulcer of stomach and duodenum114
27.Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea26
28.Nephritis and nephrosis—2
29.Hyperplasia of prostate6—
30.Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion—1
31.Congenital malformations13
32.Other defined and ill-defined diseases2833
33.Motor vehicle accidents63
34.All other accidents1212
35.Suicide35
36.Homicide and operations of war——
Totals456512