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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Dental Clinic | 41 |
| Maternity:— | |
| (i) Maternity Assisted Scheme— inpatients | 12 |
| (ii) Other hospitals — referred cases | 50 |
Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum)
Regulations, 1926.
Two cases were notified under the above-mentioned
Regulations. In one case treatment was given in hospital.
Both cases have cleared up well with vision unimpaired.
Epidemic Diarrhœa.
It is with satisfaction that one can in these days
record comparative freedom from this hitherto troublesome
infection which took such a serious toll of infants in the
past. Only one death was recorded in Bromley during
1936, which gives a mortality rate of 1.3 per 1,000 births.
The following table shows the mortality rate, per 1,000 births, for Bromley, in comparison with the rates of the country as a whole:—
| Mortality per 1,000 live births. | |
|---|---|
| England and Wales | 5.9 |
| 122 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 8.2 |
| 143 Smaller Towns | 3.4 |
| London | 14.4 |
| BROMLEY | 1.3 |
Infant Life Protection.
The following details have been extracted from the
records kept in connection with the administration of
Part I. of the Children Act, 1908, as amended by Part V.
of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1932.
(a) No. of persons receiving children for
reward and registered at the end of 1936 50
(b) No. of children on the register at the
end of 1936 64