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Bromley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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above statistics does not indicate any progressive improvement.
These deaths and premature birtli deaths require
concerted preventive action if we are to reduce the rate in
keeping with the reductions that have already been made
in the infantile death rate.
Of the stillbirths occurring in Bromley during 1937,
there were nine hospital confinements, two in nursing
homes and three at home. A doctor conducted the confinement
in 12 cases.
Deaths.
The Death Bate for 1937 is 9.9 as adjusted by the
comparability factor (0.97), or, as it is now styled, the
Areal Comparability Factor (A.C.F.). This factor applies
to the crude rate for " All Causes " only, and not to
individual cause rates.
In the following table the
years:—
| Year. | Bromley Crude Death Rates. | England and Wales Death Rates. |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 10.8 | 11.7 |
| 1929 | 11.7 | 13.4 |
| 1930 | 9.8 | 11.4 |
| 1931 | 10.9 | 12.3 |
| 1932 | 10.7 | 12.0 |
| 1933 | 10.1 | 12.3 |
| 1934 | 9.8 | 11.8 |
| 1935 | 9.7 | 11.7 |
| 1936 | 9.8 | 12.1 |
| 1937 | 10.3 | 12.4 |
I'he uniformly low death rate certainly supports the
truth of the claim that Bromley is a healthy locality, but,
as I have pointed out in previous reports, age grouping
and sex distribution of the population are important
factors which should be taken into account when comparing
death rates. These factors have not been taken into
consideration in the above table. A higher death rate