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Bromley 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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The efficiency of notification in Bromley is well
maintained and only four cases died as un-notified cases.
The following table indicates the condition of tuberculosis as it lias affected Bromley since 1925:—
| New cases Incidence per 1,000 population. | Death Rate. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Pulm. | Non-Pulin. | Pulm. | Non-Pulm. |
| 1925 | 1.07 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.16 |
| 1926 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| 1928 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| 1929 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| 1931 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.19 |
| 1933 | 1.01 | 0.25 | 0.6 | 0.12 |
To tuberculosis patients the health visitors paid 302
special visits, instructing- the patient or parent in the care
of a tuberculosis infection and the maintenance of fitness
of the contacts. It is in this latter that the real crux of
prevention of tuberculosis arises, while good and adequate
food (free of tubercular infection), good house conditions
and avoidance of physical and mental overstrain all play
their part in prevention. There are no occupations in
Bromley specially causing susceptibility to tuberculosis
infection and I am satisfied that recent unemployment has
not affected the resistance of the individual so far as
Bromley is concerned.
The Tuberculosis Officer reports 011 the work of the
Dispensary as follows :—
New Cases who have Attended the Dispensary for the First Time for Examination During 1933.
| Adults. | Children. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
| Pulmonary | 18 | 9 | 1 | — |
| Non-Pulmonary | — | — | 1 | — |
| Negative | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| Totals | 23 | 17 | 5 | 6 |