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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Disease. | Total cases notified | Admitted to Hospital | Age Groups. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 49 | 36 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Diphtheria | 23 | 23 | — | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | - | 4 | - | -- | — |
| Pneumonia | 27 | 8 | 2 | - | — | I | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 22 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 17 | 2 | - | - | ||
| Dysentery | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | - | - | - | _ | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| * Measles | 2 | - | - | - | __ | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| * Whoop ng Cough | 3 | - | 1 | - | _ | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 141 | 90 | 5 | - | 3 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 17 | 5 |
* Made notifiable in the area in November. 1939