London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| 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 | 60 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 0.93 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 251 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 54 | 135 | 24 | 5 | 3.87 | - | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (paralytic) | 3 | - | - | - | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | - | - |
| „ „ (Non-Paralytic) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 209 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 42 | 128 | 5 | 1 | 3.23 | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | - | - | - | — |
| Acute Pneumonia | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | — | 3 | 0.48‡ | 34 | 0.52 |
| Dysentery | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 0.17 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.11 | - | - |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 41 | - | — | 41 | - | — | - | — | 41 | 49.0 $ | — | - |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | — | - | - | — | - | — | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 77 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 1.19 | 7 | 0.11 |
| ,, (Non- Pulmonary) | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Food Poisoning | 10 | — | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0.15 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | 1 | 0.01 | - | - |
| Malaria | - | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - |
| Totals | 708 | 44 | 28 | 79 | 50 | 122 | 333 | 52 | 92 | 10.92 | 42 | 0.65 |
| ‡ Includes Pneumonia (all forms). $ Based on attack rate per 1,000 total births, and not population. | ||||||||||||