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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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INFANT MORTALITY
According to Cause, Age-Group and Sex
| CAUSE OF DEATH | Under week | 1 and under 2 weeks | 2 and under 4 weeks | 1 and under 3 mths | 3 and under 6 mths | 6 and under 9 mths | 9 and under 12 mths | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M F | M F | M F | M F | M F | M F | M | F | |||||||
| Atelectasis | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 |
| Acute Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Congenital Heart Disease | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 |
| Gastro enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Prematurity | 8 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 7 |
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| Respiratory Failure | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Cardiac failure | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Pyelonephritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Haemolytic Disease | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Infra-uterine Foetal Asphyxia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumothorax | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Nephroblastoma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Anencephaly | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Intussusception | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Acute Pericarditis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Accidental | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Adrenal Haemorrhage | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Haemorrhagic Disease | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Totals | 26 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 47 | 21 |
Maternal Mortality
There were no maternal deaths in the Borough in 1966. The
maternal mortality rate for Greater London was 0.33 per thousand
live and still births and the rate for England and Wales was 0.26
per 1.000 total births.
Tuberculosis
There were eight deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis and one
from non-respiratory tuberculosis, giving a death rate of 0.03.
Street Accidents
1,831 street accidents involving people in personal injury
occurred in the Borough during 1966. 2,577 persons were injured
and 27 died. These totals include 409 children under 15 years of
age who were injured and 13 who died.
Water supply
Details relating to the Borough's water supply are shown in
the Chief Public Health Inspector's section of this Report.