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Bromley 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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TABLE II.

Birth-rates, Death rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Death-rates, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1938.England & Wales, London, 126 Great Towns and 148 smaller Towns.
Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns).
BromleyEngland and Wales.126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London.148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census)London Administrative County.
Births:-
Live13.115.115.015.413.4
Still0.500.600.650.600.48
Deaths:-
All Causes9.511.611.711.011.4
Typhoid andParatyphoid fevers-0.000.000.000.00
Smallpox0.00-0.00-
Measles0.010.040.050.030.06
Scarlet Fever-0.010.010.010.01
Whooping Cough0.030.030.020.03
Diphtheria0.070.070.060.05
Influenza0.030.110.100.110.06
Notification:-
Smallpox-0.000.000.00-
Scarlet Fever1.192.412.602.582.05
Diphtheria0.321.581.851.531.90
Enteric Fever0.010.030.030.040.05
Erysipelas0.180.400.460.390.46
Pneumonia0.521.101.280.980.98
Deaths under 1year of age49Hates per 1,000 Live Births.57
535751
Deaths fromDiarrhœa andEnteritis under2 years of age3.85.57.83.613.1
MaternalMortality:-
Puerperal Sepsis1.280.89Not available.
Other2.552.19
Total3.833.08
MateranalMortalityBates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e. Live and Still).
Puerperal Sepsis1.230.86Not available.
Others2.462.11
Total3.692.97
Notifications:-
Puerperal Fever16.014.4218.083.53
Puerperal Pyrexia12.515.46