Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE I.
Summary of Statistics 1950.
Population (mid-year 1950, per Registrar General) | 64,610 |
Birth Rate | 13.8 |
Death Rate | 11 .4 |
Maternal Mortality Rate | - |
Infant Mortality Rate | 21.3 |
Number of Births (live) | 892 |
Number of Stillbirths | 21 |
Number of Deaths | 739 |
Number of Maternal Deaths | Nil |
Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | 19 |
Death Rate of Respiratory Diseases | 0.68 |
„ „ Tuberculosis | 0.26 |
„ „ „ Cancer | 1.9 |
„ „ „ Zymotic Diseases | 0.015 |
Notifications of Infectious Diseases: | |
Scarlet Fever | 115 |
Diphtheria | 1 |
Poliomyelitis | 14 |
Typhoid Fever | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 21 |
Pneumonia | 53 |
Tuberculosis (New Cases) | 88 |
Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases | 1 |
„ „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | Nil |
„ „ „ Child Birth | Nil |
Number of visits by Sanitary Inspectors | 20,359 |