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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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The following are details of the recordings in the register for the year ended 31st December, 1966.
| Respiratory | Other forms | Total No. of Cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||
| On Register at 1.1.66 | 1,659 | 1,295 | 147 | 176 | 3,277 |
| New cases notified during 1965 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 60 |
| Number of cases coming to knowledge after death | — | — | — | — | — |
| Restored to Register | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Inward Transfers | 24 | 25 | - | 1 | 50 |
| 1,717 | 1,339 | 153 | 181 | 3,390 | |
| Deletions - deaths, removals recoveries, etc., | 120 | 78 | 5 | 6 | 209 |
| Number of cases on Register at 31.12.66. | 1,597 | 1,261 | 148 | 175 | 3,181 |
New cases and Mortality: —
| Age groups | New cases notified or otherwise revealed (Not including Inward Trans.) | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 5 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-14 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25-44 | 4 | 7 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 45-64 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 65 and over | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Age not known | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 33 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Inward Trans. | 24 | 25 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 57 | 42 | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
Public Health Prevention of Tuberculosis Regulations 1925
Section 172. Public Health Act, 1936
No action was taken by the Local Authority under these
regulations during 1966.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever
One case of Typhoid Fever in a female in the age group 15/25
years was notified during the year. It was concluded that the
infection had been acquired during a holiday outside the United
Kingdom.