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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 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: TOTAL DEATHS, 1961 (Registrar-General's Official Returns). All causes—877. Male, 387 Female, 490.

TOTAL DEATHS, 1961 (Registrar-General's Official Returns). All causes—877. Male, 387 Female, 490.

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 diseases—1
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach1213
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus2912
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast—25
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus—8
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms4450
15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia44
16. Diabetes13
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system4281
18. Coronary disease, angina10163
19. Hypertension with heart disease717
20. Other heart disease3891
21. Other circulatory disease2024
22. Influenza41
23. Pneumonia1928
24. Bronchitis2213
25. Other diseases of respiratory system23
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum72
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea36
28. Nephritis and nephrosis13
29. Hyperplasia of prostate7—
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion—1
31. Congenital malformations31
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases1226
33. Motor vehicle accidents34
34. All other accidents45
35. Suicide15
36. Homicide and operations of war——
Totals387490