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Vaccination.
I am indebted to the Vaccination Officers for the
following figures regarding vaccination during 1933:—
Babies born in 1932.
No. successfully vaccinated 279
No. unsuccessfully vaccinated 5
No. of Declarations of conscientious
objectors 231
No. of Primary Vaccinations of Children under
14 years of age in 1933 293
No. of Statutory objections in 1933 262
Tuberculosis.
Appendices IX. and X. give the incidence and
particulars of tuberculosis in Bromley. The current
Register shows:—
Pulmonary tuberculosis:
Males 112
Females 93
Non-Pulmonary tuberculosis:
Males 52
Females 72
329
A total of 329 cases is equivalent to 6.8 per 1,000 of
the population. A high figure of incidence, but happily
many of the cases are not active cases, but are kept on the
register for purposes of observation and visitation by the
health visitors. The fact that Bromley has such a high
incidence figure is explained by the fact that the new
housing estates have attracted certain number of cases
from other areas.
Forty-nine pulmonary cases aud 12 non-pulmonary
cases were notified to me during the year. There were 31
deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis and six deaths from
non-pulmonary.