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Bromley 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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The: total number of .cases .gives a case rate of 11.7
patients per 1,000 population.
The 8 cases diagnosed after'death as suffering from
tuberculosis gives a ratio off 1 in' 9 of new cases notified.
This' is uU unusually high ratio for the area;' 3 werfe
cases of tubercular meningitis diagnosed after death,
one of which had first been notified as cerebrospinal
meningitis; 2 were new residents in'the'area and their
previous medical history unknown; 2 cases died in hospital
out of the area, aud 1 case of generalised T.B. in
an iufant diagnosed after death in hospital.
The following table, of incidence rates of new cases and death rates compare over the past ten years:—
| New cases Incidence Rates per 1000 population. | Death Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Other forms. | Respiratory. | Other forms. | |
| 1933 | 1.01 | 0.25 | 0.6 | 0.12 |
| 1934 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 1935 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| 1937 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Respiratory | Non Respiratory | Respiratory. | Non Res piratory | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agf Periods. | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| Under 1 | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1—5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 5—15 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 15-25 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 25-35 | 8 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 35-45 | 7 | 6 | — | — | 5 | 6 | — | — |
| 45—55 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| 55-65 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | — |
| 65 and over | - | — | — | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 33 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 4 |
x In addition Inward Transfer patients :—
Respiratory — M. 13
F. 8
Non-Respiratory — M. 1
F. -