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Bromley 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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54
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Two cases were notified. One case was discovered by the
Doctor at the welfare centre during medical inspections The
case was referred to hospital for treatment and eventually
cleared up with unimpaired vision. The other case also received
hospital treatment and cleared up with vision unimpaired.
All cases of inflammation of the eyes, or eye discharge, must
be notified by midwives and thus early follow-up is assured and
delay in treatment is avoided.
MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH.
215 cases of measles and 92 cases of whooping cough during
1946 may be regarded as normal annual visitations of these
infections. The distribution of cases occurring was fairly even
throughout the Borough. The use of adult serum as protection
is not in wide use.
OTHER DISEASES
Pneumonia 39; dysentery 2; erysipelas 16; acute poliomyelitis
1; typhoid 1; paratyphoid 1; cerebro-spinal fever 2, and malaria
(contracted abroad) 1, complete the list of diseases notified
(tuberculosis being dealt with separately) during a year
fortunately free of any excessive sickness.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Table IX gives notifications of new cases and mortality during 1946:—
Recordings in the register—1946.
| Respiratory | Other Forms | Total No. of cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| On register at 1.1.46 | 266 | 243 | 80 | 98 | 687 |
| New cases notified 1946 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 68 |
| No. of cases coming to knowledge after death | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Inward transfer | 7 | 9 | 1 | — | 17 |
| 311 | 280 | 84 | 103 | 778 | |
| Deletions—deaths, removals, recovery, etc. | 24 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 53 |
| No. of cases on register at 31.12.1946 | 287 | 259 | 80 | 99 | 725 |
Six cases of unnotified tuberculosis out of a total of 23
tubercular deaths gives a ratio of 3.8 not notified previous to
death.