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Bromley 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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1972
New cases and mortality:-
| Age Groups | New cases notified or otherwise revealed. (Not including Inward Transfers) | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 5 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-14 years | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-24 years | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25-44 years | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45-64 years | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 years and over | 8 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Age unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Inward Transfers | 9 | 6 | - | - | ||||
| TOTALS | 35 | 20 | 5 | 1 | ||||
TYPHOID & PARATYPHOID FEVER
1 case of paratyphoid fever occurred during the year. The patient contracted the
infection during travels abroad. Investigations were carried out in connection with 1 suspected
case of typhoid fever but the diagnosis was subsequently not confirmed. In a number of other
instances investigations were undertaken in the case of residents who had been in contact with
confirmed cases of the infection or had been otherwise at risk, but no case of the illness
occurred.
WHOOPING COUGH
There was a considerable reduction in the number of notifications compared with the
previous year, the total in 1972 being 7 as against 77 received during 1971. This is a very
pleasing statistic with which to close these comments on infectious disease in the Borough
during 1972.
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