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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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| 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. | Keston & Hayes | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 141 | 65 | 76 | 35 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 21 | 108 | 2.4 | 2 | 0.03 |
| Diphtheria | 23 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.05 |
| Pneumonia | 47 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 30 | 0.8 | 36* | 0.6 |
| Peurperal Fever | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | - | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 0.02 | 1† | 0.02 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 0.09 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 27 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0.4 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.03 | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | - | — | - | — | 1 | 0.02 | — | — |
| Typhoid fever | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0.03 | — | — |
| Tuberculosis—lungs | 70 | 39 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | - | 1.2 | 30 | 0.5 |
| Tuberculosis — other forms | 15 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.3 | 6 | 0.1 |
| Totals | 334 | 162 | 172 | 86 | 53 | 37 | 25 | 34 | 60 | 39 | 169 | 58 | 78 | 1.3 |
| *Includes Pneumonia (all forms), whereas notifiable types include only acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia. | ||||||||||||||
| †This case was a Bromley resident who was notified outside the area and also died outside the area. | ||||||||||||||