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with young children is one of the main reasons of the spread
of the infection. Only 44 per cent. of our cases in Bromley
have received institutional treatment. Forty-one persons
died in the year from Tuberculosis, being the third highest
cause of death during the year, and equivalent to a rate
of 9 per 1,000 population. Appendix X gives the ages at
death, and these follow the Mortality Bate of England and
Wales, in that the middle age groups have the highest
Death Bate. It is not to be forgotten that whenever a
widespread epidemic illness occurs, such as influenza, a
subsequent rise occurs not only in the incidence, but also
in the deaths from Tuberculosis.
Appendix X gives particulars of new cases notified or
otherwise revealed during 1930, with age groups and records
of mortality.
At the end of December, 1930, there were 330 cases on
the register, as follows:—
Pulmonary—
Male 113
Female 86
N on-Pulmonary—
Male 52
Female 79
330
These figures show that 7.8 per 1,000 of Bromley's
population are suffering from this disease. Happily a
large proportion of these cases may be regarded as noninfectious.
One hundred and forty-eight of the cases on
the register have received institutional treatment.
There was no call for statutory action under either the
Public Health (Prevention of Disease) Begulations, 1925,
or the Public Health Act, 1925, Section 62, with regard
to the compulsory removal of patients. In one case the
patient's occupation was that of a milk roundsman, but as
he had not been pursuing his calling for some time prior
to notification, the need for taking action under the first
mentioned Begulations did not arise.