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Bromley 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1924.
The above Regulations came into force on the 1st January,
1925, requiring, inter alia, that a quarterly return should be
made to the County Medical Officer of Health of all cases of
Tuberculosis, whether pulmonary or non-pulmonary, that were
on the register at the end of each quarter.
Existing cases in the event of cure, removal from the
District, or death are deleted from the register, and the new
notifications added on as received.
Subjoined arc the figures on the register at the end of each quarter:—
| PULMONARY. | NON-PULMONARY. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | |
| 44 | ||||||
NON-NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
Measles.—Two deaths were registered as occurring from
Measles.
Whooping Cough.—No deaths occurred during the year
from this complaint.
Influenza.—During the year seven deaths were registered
from Influenza, as against 15 last year.
Cancer.—Deaths from cancer numbered 44, of which 19
were males and 25 were females.
The death rate from Cancer is 1.61, as against 1.65 last
year.
The figures in previous years were:—
| 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Deaths. | 11 | 36 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 28 | 33 | 31 | 37 | 44 | 44 |