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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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Tuberculosis.
| Age periods. | New cases notified or otherwise revealed. * | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0- 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1- 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5-15 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 15-25 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. |
| 25-35 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 35-45 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. |
| 45-55 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. |
| 55—65 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| 65 and over | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Totals | 31 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
*In addition inward transfer patients as follows:
Respiratory M. 10
F. 11
Non-Respiratory M. 2
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925. Public Health Act, 1936, Section 172.
No action under the above enactments was necessary
during 1939.
Efficiency of Notification.
There were 4 cases of unnotified tuberculosis amongst
25 deaths from tuberculosis, giving a ratio of 1 in 6.
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
The following brief summary of work during the
year at the Dispensary, relative to the Borough, has been
supplied by Dr. S. Roy C. Price, Tuberculosis Officer.