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Bromley 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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RESPIRATORY DISEASES.—No less than 104
persons, or 25 per cent. of total deaths, died of diseases of
the respiratory system during 1925:
Tuberculosis of the lung 21
Pneumonia 22
Bronchitis 436
Whooping Cough 2
Other Lung Diseases 13
These give a rate of 2.9 per 1,000 population.
Excluding Tuberculosis and Whooping Cough, Bronchitis
and Pneumonia cause more deaths than Cancer. Surely
these call for public attention to the fundamentals of preventive
medicine. It is too early yet to see the results of the
School Medical Service and its repeated attention to the
hygiene of the nose, mouth, and the throat, but I am convinced
the results will be shown in the adult population by a.
reduction in the Death Rate from Respiratory Disease.
Our Death Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis remains
stationary, .6 per 1,000 population, a rate considerably lower
than that of England and Wales.

Table: III.—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES. (1) RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS.—

III.—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES. (1) RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS.—

Address.No. of Beds.Type of Cases treated. How Supportedp
Cottage Hospital, Cromwell Avenue42General.Voluntary.
Phillips Memorial, Lowndes Avenue18,,,,
Bromley & Beckenham Joint Isolation Hospital115 (including cots).Notifiable Infectious Diseases except Puerperal Fever, &c.Rates.
Bromley & Beckenham-Joint Isolation Hospital35 (including cots).Smallpox.,,
Bromley & Chislehurst Maternity Hospital14Maternity.Voluntary, Ministry of Health Grant and subsidised by Local Authority for cases recommend by Medical Officer of Health.