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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Respiratory, | Other forms | Total No. of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | cases | |
| On register, 1.1.1943 | 228 | 196 | 79 | 88 | 591 |
| New cases notified | 25 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 68 |
| Cases re-entered on register | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| No. of cases coming to knowledge after death | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| Inward Transfers | 6 | 6 | - | 1 | 13 |
| 262 | 234 | 84 | 98 | 678 | |
| Deletions—deaths, removals and recovery | 19 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 45 |
| On register, 31.12.1943 | 243 | 215 | 80 | 95 | 633 |
There has been a nett increasg of 42 cases at the end of 1943
over the total of the previous year. The total number of cases
gives a case rate of 12.3 per 1,000 population.
The five cases diagnosed after death as suffering from
tuberculosis give a ratio of 1 in 15 of new cases notified.
| Age Periods. Under 1 | Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1-5 | - | - | - | — | — | |||
| 5-15 | - | — | ||||||
| 15-25 | 10 | — | ||||||
| 15-35 | — | — | ||||||
| 35-45 | - | - | — | — | ||||
| 15—55 | - | - | - | — | ||||
| 55-65 | 3 | - | - | — | — | |||
| - | - | - | - | - | — | — | ||
Totals 28 32 5 9 15 13 — 2
x Inward transfers—Resp. M. 6. Non-Resp. M. —.
F. 6. F. 1.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
Public Health Act, 1936. Section 172.
No action was necessary under these enactments during
1943,