Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE II
Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality and Case rates for certain Infectious diseases in the Year 1946. (Provisional figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.)
Bromley | England and Wales | 126 C.Bs. and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns Resident Pop. 25,000-50,000 at 1931 Census | London Adm. County | |
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* Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population :— | |||||
Live Births | 19.4 | 21.3 | 21.5 | ||
Still Births | 0.54 | 0.53‡ | 0.67 | 0.59 | 0.54 |
11.5‡ | 12.7 | 11..7 | 12.7 | ||
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | — | 0 .00 | 0.00 | ||
Scarlet Fever | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |
Diphtheria | — | ||||
Influenza | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.14 | |
Smallpox | — | — | |||
Measles | |||||
Rates per 1,000 Live Births :— | |||||
Deaths under 1 year of age | 43† | 46 | 37 | 41 | |
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 0.85 | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population :— | |||||
Typhoid Fever | |||||
Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | ||
Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0 . 03 | 0.05 | 0 .05 | 0.04 | 0.06 |
Scarlet Fever | 0.84 | 1.38 | 1.51 | 1.33 | 1.42 |
Whooping Cough | 1.51 | 2.48 | 2.05 | ||
Diphtheria | 0.19 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.24 | |
Erysipelas | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.27 |
Smallpox | — | 0.00 | |||
Measles | 3.55 | 3.92 | 4.73 | 3.70 | 7.35 |
Pneumonia | 0.64 | 0.89 | 1.02 | 0.74 | 0.75 |
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still) :— | |||||
Puerperal Fever | _ | 8.50 | 10.35 | 7.63 | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 17.36 | ||||
Puerperal Sepsis | — | Not Available. | |||
Other Causes | 1.06 |
* A dash ( — ) signifies that there were no deaths, † per 1,000 related births,
† Rates per 1,000 total population. § Including Puerperal Fever*