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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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APPENDIX IX. Return of Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1935.
| Disease. | Total. | M. | F. | WARDS. | Cases removed to Hospital. | Attack Rate per 1,000 population. | No. of Deaths. | Death Rate. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaistow | Martin's Hill. | Town. | Sundridge. | Bickley. | Bromley Common. | Keston & Hayes | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 167 | 74 | 93 | 49 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 4 | 135 | 2.9 | 1 | 0.02 |
| Diphtheria | 44 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 11 | — | 44 | 0.7 | 4 | 0.07 |
| Pneumonia | 36 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 0.6 | 19* | 0.3 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 5 | — | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 0.09 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 0.18 | 1 | 0.02 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 0.05 | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.05 | — | — |
| Typhoid fever | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 0.09 | 1† | 0.02 |
| Tuberculosis—lungs | 52 | 29 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | — | 0.9 | 25 | 0.4 |
| Tuberculosis—other forms | 15 | 7 | 8 | 8 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 0.3 | 2 | 0.03 |
| Totals | 340 | 174 | 166 | 93 | 37 | 54 | 23 | 45 | 75 | 13 | 215 | 6.05 | 53 | 0.9 |
•Includes Pneumonia (all forms), whereas notifiable types include only acute primary pneumonia
and acute influenzal pneumonia.
tThis case was a Bromley resident who was notified outside the area and also died outside the area.