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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bromley 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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modifies the latter so as to make it comparable with the crude death rate for the country as a whole or with the similarly adjusted death rate for any other area.
| Year. | Bromley Crude Death Bates. | England and Wales Death Bates. |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 11.1 | 12.2 |
| 1925 | 10.3 | 12.2 |
| 1926 | 10.04 | 11.6 |
| 1927 | 10.8 | 12.3 |
| 1928 | 10.8 | 11.7 |
| 1929 | 11.7 | 13.4 |
| 1930 | 9.8 | 11.4 |
| 1931 | 10.9 | 12.3 |
| 1932 | 10.7 | 12.0 |
| 1933 | 10.1 | 12.3 |
| 1934 | 9.8 | 11.8 |
Causes of deaths are tabulated in detail in the Appendix III., from which the following main causes have been extracted for 1934, and shown in comparison with
1933:—
| 1933 | 1934 | 1933 | 1934 | 1933 | 1934 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of death | Bate per cent. of total deaths. | Elate per 1,000 of population. | ||||
| liespiratory disease | 44 | 43 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Heart disease | 156 | 151 | 31.9 | 28.9 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| Cancer | 70 | 73 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Tuberculosis | 37 | 19 | 7.5 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Premature births | 13 | 17 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Infectious disease | 2 | 9 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 0.04 | 0.1 |
| Influenza | 16 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
Infantile Mortality.
Thirty-one deaths of infants under one year of age were
registered, giving a Mortality Rate of 43.9 per 1,000 live
births registered.
In the following table the rates for Bromley are shown
in comparison with those for England and Wales:—