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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Recordings in the Register for the year ended 31st December. 1953. are as under:—
| Respiratory. | Other forms. | Total number of cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| On Register at 1/1/53 | 414 | 349 | 54 | 58 | 875 |
| New cases notified during 1953 | 33 | 27 | — | 5 | 65 |
| Number of cases coming to knowledge after death | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Restored to Register | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Inward Transfers | 23 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
| 471 | 394 | 55 | 65 | 985 | |
| Deletions, deaths, removals, recoveries, etc. | 23 | 13 | — | 1 | 37 |
| Number of cases on Register at 31st December, 1953 | 448 | 381 | 55 | 64 | 948 |
The number of new cases notified during the year showed a
decrease of 14 over the corresponding figure for 1952.
There were 37 deletions from the Register as against 38 for
the previous year.
New Cases and Mortality, 1953:—
| Age groups | New cases notified or otherwise revealed. (Not including Inward Transfers.)* | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 5 | 2 | - | - | — | — | - | - | - |
| 5—14 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 15—44 | 16 | 24 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 45—64 | 10 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 65 and over | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 35 | 28 | - | 6 | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | |
| *Inward Transfers | 23 | 16 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 58 | 44 | 1 | 7 | ||||