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Bromley 1946

[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.)

BromleyEngland and Wales126 C.Bs. and Great Towns including London148 Smaller Towns Resident Pop. 25,000-50,000 at 1931 CensusLondon Adm. County
* Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population :—
Live Births19.419.1‡22.221.321.5
Still Births0.540.53‡0.670.590.54
Deaths :— All Causes10.811.5‡12.711..712.7
Typhoid and Paratyphoid0.000 .000.000.00
Scarlet Fever0.000.000.000.00
Whooping Cough0.010.020.020.020.02
Diphtheria0.010.010.010.01
Influenza0.130.150.130.140.12
Smallpox0.000.000 .00
Measles0.000.010.000.01
Rates per 1,000 Live Births :—
Deaths under 1 year of age2643†463741
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age0.854.46.12.84.2
Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population :—
Notifications:—
Typhoid Fever0.010.010.010.010.01
Paratyphoid Fever0.010.020.020.010.01
Cerebro Spinal Fever0 . 030.050 .050.040.06
Scarlet Fever0.841.381.511.331.42
Whooping Cough1.512.282.482.052.22
Diphtheria0.190.280.320.310.24
Erysipelas0.260.220.250.220.27
Smallpox0.000.000.000.00
Measles3.553.924.733.707.35
Pneumonia0.640.891.020.740.75
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still) :—
(a) Notifications :—
Puerperal Fever_8.5010.357.631.62 9.68 §
Puerperal Pyrexia17.36
(b)Maternal Mortality :—
Puerperal Sepsis0.18Not Available.
Other Causes0.821.06

* A dash ( — ) signifies that there were no deaths, † per 1,000 related births,
† Rates per 1,000 total population. § Including Puerperal Fever*