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 1956
[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 | 14 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | 0.22 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 100 | 50 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1.54 | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (paralytic) | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | — | |
| „ „ (Non-Paralytic) | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.01 | — | — |
| Measles | 103 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 75 | — | 1.58 | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Pneumonia | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0.28‡ | 33 | 0.51 |
| Dysentery | 70 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1.08 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 9 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 0.14 | — | — |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 22 | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 27.13§ | — | — |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.01 | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 42 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 0.65 | 1 | 0.01 |
| „ (Non-Pulmonary) | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.03 | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 12 | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.18 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infections | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0.03 |
| Totals | 399 | 67 | 26 | 46 | 43 | 35 | 79 | 103 | 54 | 6.13 | 36 | 0.55 |
‡Includes Pneumonia (all forms).
§Based on attack rate per 1,000 total births, and not population.