London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Bromley 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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DiseaseTotalM.F.WARDSCases removed to HospitalAttack Rat per 1,000 populationNo. of DeathsDeath Rate
PlaistowMartin's HillTownSundridgeBickleyBromley CommonKeston anc Hayes
Scarlet Fever7133382745381410571.19
Diphtheria1981134372170.32
Pneumonia312383944371150.5233*0.55
Puerperal Pyrexia13131132331216.0 †11.23†
Dysentery128441160.2
Erysipelas134911332330.18
Ophthalmia Neonatorum5141" —2236.2 †
Acute Poliomyelitis2111110.03
Typhoid Fever11110.01
Cerebral Spinal Fever2111120.03
Tuberculosis—Lungs5224281244671450 81803
Tuberculosis—other forms133104111510.240.08
Totals234107127562216272656311113.9560.9

*Includes Pneumonia (all forms) whereas notifiable types include only acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia,
† These figures are based on the attack rate per 1,000 births, and not population.