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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 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: TOTAL DEATHS, 1960 (Registrar-General's Official Returns).All causes—852. Male, 387 ; Female, 465.

TOTAL DEATHS, 1960 (Registrar-General's Official Returns).

All causes—852. Male, 387 ; Female, 465.

Causes of deathMalesFemales
1.Tuberculosis, respiratory1—
2.Tuberculosis, other1—
3.Syphilitic disease11
4.Diphtheria——
5.Whooping Cough——
6.Meningococcal infections——
7.Acute poliomyelitis——
8.Measles——
9.Other infective and parasitic diseases12
10.Malignant neoplasm, stomach1212
11.Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus3315
12.Malignant neoplasm, breast—19
13.Malignant neoplasm, uterus—8
14.Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms4043
15.Leukaemia, aleukaemia42
16.Diabetes12
17.Vascular lesions of nervous system4469
18.Coronary disease, angina10669
19.Hypertension with heart disease59
20.Other heart disease3388
21.Other circulatory disease1227
22.Influenza——
23.Pneumonia1624
24.Bronchitis2211
25.Other diseases of respiratory system51
26.Ulcer of stomach and duodenum83
27.Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea23
28.Nephritis and nephrosis12
29.Hyperplasia of prostate——
30.Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion—2
31.Congenital malformations22
32.Other defined and ill-defined diseases2537
33.Motor vehicle accidents62
34.All other accidents211
35.Suicide41
36.Homicide and operations of war——
Totals387465