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Beckenham 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1964.

Area of District in acres5,935
Estimated mid-year population78,230
Population Density - persons per acre13.18
Rateable Value at 31st March, 1965£4,361,889
Number of Inhabited Dwellings25,530
MaleFemale
Live Births654541Total 1,195
Live Birth rate per 1,000 population15.28
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births (74)6.19
MaleFemale
Still-births67Total 13
Still-births rate per 1,000 live and still-births10.76
Total live and still-births1,208
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year)10
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births8.37
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births8.92
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births0.00
Neonatal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000total live births)7.53
Early Neonatal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per1,000 total live births)6.69
Perinatal Mortality Rate (Stillbirths and deaths under 1 weekcombined per 1,000 live and stillbirths)17.38
Maternal Mortality (including abortion)1
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births)0.83
Daath Rate per 1,000 population from Cancer (l88 deaths)2.40
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Pulmonary Tubereclosis(2 deaths)0.03
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis(0 deaths)0.00
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Accidents (24 deaths0.31
Birth Rate i, including Stillbirths) per 1,000 population;
Crude15.44
Corrected (X 1.05)16.21
MaleFemale
All Deaths Registered406448Total 854
Death Rite per 1,000 population:
Crude «» co10.92
Corrected (X 0,93)0 10.15
Natural Increase:
Births exceeded deaths by 341

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