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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 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Table: TABLE A.The number of Deaths from all causes and from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases with their Death Rates ; the principal causes of Death and the Infant Mortality in the Bromley Rural District in each Quarter of 1895.

TABLE A.

The number of Deaths from all causes and from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases with their Death Rates ; the principal causes of Death and the Infant Mortality in the Bromley Rural District in each Quarter of 1895.

Quarters.Total Deaths.Death Rate per 1000.Deaths from 7 principal Zymotic Diseases.Zymotic Death RateSmall Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Phthisis.Influenza.Erysipelas.Rheumatic Fever.Puerperal Fever.Bronchitis, Pleurisy, and Pneumonia.Heart Disease.Injuries.Other Diseases.Deaths of Infants under 1 year per 1000 Births.
1st13918.820.2......1.........1912.........3610268126
2nd8311.210.1......1............8......1...1311...4949
3rd9312.6131.6......1...11107.........178552186
4th10013.5101.3...21...24182.........87164127
Totals41514.0260.8...24...35123214...1164368233121

Table: TABLE B.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases during the past ten years and in 1895.

TABLE B.

Deaths from Zymotic Diseases during the past ten years and in 1895.

Zymotic Diseases.1885188618871888188918901891189218931894Average of ten Years.1895
Small Pox610.70
Scarlet Fever121320.92
Diphtheria13551465916198.34
Fevers231212161.80
Measles2471882714.03
Whooping Cough14295151421076.95
Diarrhœa11181989216968.912
Total 7 Zymotics1736332532332923464131.526
Other Zymotics24847862622119.815
Totals1940412939413549685241.341