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Borough of Bromley.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1925.
To the Right Worshipful The Mayor, Aldermen
and Councillors.
Mr. Mayor, Madam, and Gentlemen,
I have the honour of submitting to you my First
Annual Report as Medical Officer of Health of your Borough.
The delay in publication of this Report, which covers the
year 1925, is regrettable, but has of necessity been delayed
through stress of work, the visit of the Foreign Medical
Officer of Health to the Borough, and finally the recent Health
Week Exhibition.
The fact that the Department came under re-organisation
in July, 1925, must make this Report of 1925 (which is at the
Ministry's request a 5 years' Survey Report) somewhat difficult
to compile, so that I trust its shortcomings will be
forgiven.
The 1925 Vital Statistics continue to keep to the satisfactory
level of previous years. The Death Rate remains
lower than that for London, and no less than one-third of
the deaths occurred in persons over 75 years of age. Bromley
continues to have a remarkably low infectious disease rate—
only sporadic cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria being
reported. But death rates and infectious disease rates are
not the Alpha and Omega of Public Health. The economics