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Bromley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Deaths from Puerperal Causes :
Puerperal Sepsis—NIL.
Other Puerperal Causes—NIL.
Deaths of Infants under I year of age:
| Total | Male | Female | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 23 | 17 | 6 | |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 2 | — | |
| 25 | 19 | 6 |
Death Rate of Infants under 1 year of age :
All infants per 1,000 live births 28.6
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 28.5
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 30.7
Deaths from :
Cancer (all ages) 106
Measles (all ages) 1
Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 1
Meteorology :
I am indebted to the Borough Engineer for the following
details of climatic conditions recorded by his staff in 1945:—
Total rainfall 21.14 inches
Mean maximum daily temperature 54.00° F.
Mean minimum daily temperature 42.01° F.
Highest maximum temperature 85° F. 8.4.45
Lowest minimum temperature 15° F. 29.1.45
Population.
52,310 is the Registrar General's estimate of resident civilian
Population for mid-1945. I am content to leave for the present
my last year's estimate of 62,000 as a likely figure of population
when something like normal conditions are restored. The influx
of families and persons into every type of accommodation available
at the present time renders population calculation on the
basis of persons per dwellings too transient a factor for even
approximate estimating.
Births.
The Birth Rate for 1945 is 16.6 per 1,000 population compared
with 16.5 for 1944.