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 1952.
Population (mid-year 1952, per Registrar General) | 64,350 |
Birth Rate | 1.1 |
Death Rate | 11.2 |
Maternal Mortality Rate | Nil |
Infant Mortality Rate | 22.0 |
Number of Births (live) | 908 |
Number of Stillbirths | 18 |
Number of Deaths | 720 |
Number of Maternal Deaths | Nil |
Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | 20 |
Death Rate of Respiratory Diseases | 1.17 |
,, „ „ Tuberculosis | 0.17 |
,, ,, „ Cancer | 1.77 |
„ ,, ,, Zymotic Diseases | 0.031 |
Notifications of Infectious Diseases: | |
Scarlet Fever | 123 |
Diphtheria | Nil |
Poliomyelitis | 6 |
Typhoid Fever | Nil |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 54 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 36 |
Tuberculosis (New Cases) | 78 |
Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases | 2 |
„ „ „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | Nil |
„ „ „ „ Child Birth | Nil |
Number of visits by Sanitary Inspectors | 11,218 |