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Clerical Staff:
Secretarial Assistant
Clerks
Mrs. E. A. Best.
Miss C. Mawbey.
Miss A. Keen.
Miss A. Hobbs.
Rodent Operators
W. J. E. Wickenden.
E. J. Read.
Disinfector-General Assistant .. J. Symonds.
Mortuary Attendant— General
Assistant A.L.Jarvis.
INTRODUCTION.
To the Chairman and Members of the Public Health Committee.
IH A V E the honour to submit a report on the health of the Borough
for the year 1951.
I greatly appreciated the advice and assistance of Dr. K. E.
Tapper, Medical Officer of Health for Bromley, who acted as Medical
Officer during the period between the retirement of Dr. Cole and the
time when I could take up my appointment.
The statistics show a decrease of 1,030 in the population of the
Borough and a reduction in the civilian population per acre. Total
deaths from all causes increased by 49 ; of these, 32 are of females and
12 are of males. This preponderance of deaths among females is found
to be spread throughout the 36 causes of death for both sexes and is not
attributable to any one factor.
Deaths due to malignant disease of the lungs are 15 times more
common in males who also suffer nearly twice as many deaths from
coronary and anginal disease of the heart. Chronic degenerative disease
of the heart, not associated with high blood pressure, accounts for
nearly twice as many female deaths.
Remaining causes of death listed in the report vary little from
previous years.
Certain mortality rates have increased: the Death Rate by 0.8 per
1,000 ; Infant Mortality Rate by 9.07 per 1,000 and Maternal Mortality
by 1.02 per 1,000 on rates for the previous year, while there were 9 more
deaths of infants under 1 year of age.
Mortality rates which have decreased include Stillbirth death rate
by 0.2 per 1,000 ; Cancer death rate by .01 per 1,000 and Pulmonary
Tuberculosis death rate by .10 per 1,000. The death rate from NonPulmonary
Tuberculosis remains as in 1950.
The variations in these rates are mainly statistical and due to the
decrease in the population of the Borough. The report on infantile
mortality shows that one third of deaths are due to infections and less
than one-fifth to congenital conditions.
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