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Deutli Rate of Infants under 1 year of age:
All infants per 1,000 live births 22.6
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births 21.9
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 45.4
Deaths from cancer (all ages) 97
Deaths from measles (all ages) —
Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) —
Deaths from diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 3
Social Conditions.
Bromley being a residential area, there are no conditions
of an industrial or occupational character prejudicial
to the health of the inhabitants to discuss, and
there is little to add to my previous reports under this
heading.
Figures of unemployment are not being issued for
publication during the war period.
Meteorology.
Climate conditions were generally good throughout
the year, and, fortunately, the past winter was less
severe than tlie previous one, although with the approach
of autumn and winter, flooding of Anderson and trench
shelters presented a problem. The bunking of the
shelters furnished sleeping facilities oft' the ground level,
and thus provided some security against ill-health.
The Borough Engineer has kindly supplied the following
details from records kept by his Department at
the Climatologrical Station at Church House Grounds for
1940:—
Total Rainfall 25.45 ins.
Mean maximum daily temperature 57.2°F.
Mean minimum daily temperature 42.0°F.
Highest maximum temperature
recorded 87.0°F.—5th Aug.
Lowest minimum temperature
recorded 10.0°F.—20th Jan.
Lowest grass minimum temperature
recorded 11.0°F.—20th Jan.