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Bromley 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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60
Births registered in 1935.
Successfully vaccinated 320
Declarations of conscientious objections
289
Tuberculosis.
Appendices IX. and X. give incidence and particulars
of cases of tuberculosis in Bromley in 1935. The current
register contains a total of 385 names of patients notified
as suffering from this infection. This figure gives a rate
of 6.8 per 1,000 of the population which, although somewhat
lower than the rate for the previous year (7.01 per
1,000), shows a rather high percentage of incidence.
Fortunately many of the cases may be classified as in a
non-infectious state.
An analysis of the total ot 385 cases on the register gives the following details of sex and type of disease:—
| Total of both types. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 195 | 135 | 60 |
| Female | 190 | 119 | 71 |
| 385 | 254 | 131 |
Sixty-seven new cases were notified or otherwise
revealed to me during the year 1935, of which 52 were
pulmonary and 15 non-pulmonary cases, whilst 27 cases
died—25 pulmonary and 2 non-pulmonary.
I have submitted the following table to indicate the state of tuberculosis in Bromley since 1926—a fall in incidence will be noted.
| New cases Incidence per 1,000 population. | Death Bate. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Pulm. | Non-Pulm. | Pulm. | Non-Pulm. |
| 1926 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| 1928 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| 1929 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| 1931 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.19 |
| 1933 | 1.01 | 0.25 | 0.6 | 0.12 |
| 1934 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 1935 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.03 |