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Bromley 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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APPENDIX I.
Summary of Statistics, 1925.
Population 35,440
Birth Rate 14.6
Death Rate (standardised) 10.3
Infant Mortality Rate 57.6
Number of Births 520
Number of Deaths 417
Number of Infant Deaths 30
Death Rate of Respiratory Diseases 2.9
,, ,, ,, Tuberculosis 6
,, ,, ,, Cancer 1.2
,, ,, ,, Zymotic Diseases .7
Notification of Scarlet Fever 31
,, „ Diphtheria 18
,, ,, Pneumonia 36
,, ,, Tuberculosis 55
No. of Deaths from Measles Nil.
,, ,, ,, ,, Scarlet Fever Nil.
,, ,, ,, ,, Diarrhœa (under 2) 4
,, ,, ,, ,, Child Birth and Puerperal Sepsis 3
Number of Inspections by Sanitary Inspectors 5,056
Visits by Health Visitors 4,298
Number of babies in attendance at Centres,
January, 1926 505