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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
Bromley 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE VI. Notifiable Diseases, 1952. Ward Distribution, Attack and Mortality Rates.
| Disease | Total | WARDS | Cases removed to Hospital | Attack Rate per 1,000 population | No. of Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 population | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaistow | Martins Hill | Town | Sun-dridge | Bickley | Bromley Common | Keston and Hayes | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 123 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 41 | 24 | 54 | 1.91 | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 160 | 22 | 7 | – | 9 | 8 | 46 | 68 | 2 | 2.48 | – | – |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.02 |
| „ ,, (Non-Paralytic) | 4 | – | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 06 | – | — |
| Measles | 385 | 41 | 64 | 38 | 65 | 39 | 107 | 31 | 4 | 5.98 | – | – |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Acute Pneumonia | 36 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 0.56‡ | 30 | 0.47 |
| Dysentery | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | – | – |
| Erysipelas | 7 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | 0.11 | – | – |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 0.02 | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 54 | – | – | 52 | – | – | 2 | – | 52 | 58.33§ | – | – |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 108 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 29 | 1.68 | 11 | 0.17 |
| „ (Non-Pulmonary) | 6 | – | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.09 | – | – |
| Food Poisoning | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0. 08 | – | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0.02 | – | – |
| Totals | 897 | 99 | 111 | 120 | 113 | 80 | 225 | 149 | 181 | 13.93 | 42 | 0.65 |
† Includes Pneumonia (all forms).
§ Based on attack rate per 1,000 total births, and not population.