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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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General, from which it will be noted that Heart Disease, 158, and Cancer 98, together accounting for 43 per cent. of all deaths. The following table which covers the last five years, shows how these two diseases stand out as predominating causes of death:
| Rate per 1,000 population. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | |
| Respiratory disease | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.02 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| Heart disease | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| Cancer | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Congenital causes, etc. | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Infectious disease .., | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.07 | 0.03 |
| Influenza | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.03 |
Infantile Mortality.
The Infantile Mortality Rate for 1938 is 49 per
1,000 live births.
Statistical details relating to infant mortality are
recorded in the Appendix of Tables (II, IV, V and VI).
The following graph of five-yearly rates illustrates the
rapid fall in mortality rates :—