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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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APPENDIX IX. Return of Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1934.
| Disease. | Total. | M. | F. | WARDS. | Cases removed to Hospital. | Attack Kate per 1,000 population. | No. of Deaths. | Death Rate. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaistow | Martin's Hill. | Town. | Sundridge. | Bickley. | Bromley Common. | Hayes & Keston | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 263 | 111 | 152 | 99 | 14 | 28 | 19 | 36 | 46 | 21 | 198 | 4.9 | 3 | 0.05 |
| Diphtheria | 43 | 12 | 31 | 10 | 14 | 6 | — | 2 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.03 |
| Pneumonia | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 3 | 0.3 | 21* | 0.3 |
| Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 5 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 0.09 | 2 | 0.03 |
| Erysipelas ... | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | 0.2 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 0.05 | — | — |
| Tuberculosis—Lungs | 74 | 36 | 38 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 16 | — | 1.4 | 12 | 0.2 |
| Tuberculosis—Other Forms | 15 | 9 | 6 | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 0.2 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Totals | 431 | 185 | 246 | 142 | 37 | 46 | 33 | 62 | 69 | 42 | 251 | 8.1 | 47 | 0.8 |
*Includes Pneumonia (all forms), whereas notifiable types include only acute primary pneumonia
and acute influenzal pneumonia.