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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Estimated Population (Civilian) | 60,000 | 56,580 | 50,430 | 50,480 | 51,300 | 49,730 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1939. | 1940. | 1941. | 1942. | 1943. | 1944. | ||||||
| Attack and Mortality Rates | Attack Rate | Mortality Rate | Attack Rate | Mortality Rate | Attack Rate | Mortality Rate | Attack Rate | Mortality Rate | Attack Rate | Mortality Rate | Attack Rate | Mortality Rate |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.83 | – | 0.86 | 0.01 | 2.35 | – | 2.06 | – | 3.97 | – | 2.35 | – |
| Diphtheria | 0.38 | – | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.61 | 0.05 | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.06 | – | 0.20 | – |
| Enteric | 0.01 | – | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.02 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.02 | – |
| Erysipelas | 0.13 | – | 0.30 | – | 0.25 | – | 0.33 | – | 0.31 | – | 0.14 | – |
| Dysentery | 0.01 | – | 0.10 | – | 0.09 | – | – | – | 0.03 | – | 0.28 | – |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | – | – | 0.22 | 0.03 | 0.09 | – | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.01 | – | 0.04 | – |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.01 | – | – | – | – | 0.04 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.05 | – | – | – | 0.05 | 0.02 | – | – | 0.09 | – | 0.02 | – |
| Whooping Cough | 0.05* | 0.01 | 2.48 | – | 3.15 | – | 1.08 | – | 1.83 | 0.01 | 1.62 | 0.02 |
| Measles | 0.03* | – | 0.03 | – | 12.71 | 0.02 | 2.39 | – | 10.46 | – | 2.35 | – |
| Total comparative rates | 1.50 | 0.01 | 4.31 | 0.05 | 19.45 | 0.09 | 6.24 | 0.05 | 16.93 | 0.01 | 7.03 | 0.08 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2.4 | – | 3.7 | – | 1.49 | – | – | – | 3.33 | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 25.3 | – | 2.58 | 1.28 | 10.13 | 4.68 | 7.80 | – | 6.50 | – | 7.14 | – |
* Made notifiable in the area, November, 1939.