London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Disease | Total | WARDS | Cases removed to Hospital | Attack Rate per 1,000 population | No. of Deaths | Death Rate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaistow | Martin's Hill | Town | Sundridge | Bickley | Bromley Common | Keston and Hayes | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 51 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 0.84 | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | — | 12 | 0.19 | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 39 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 0.64 | 19† | 0.31 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 21 | — | 1 | 11 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | 19 | 17.36* | — | — |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.03 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.26 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 1 . | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1.70* | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.01 | — | — |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.01 | — | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.01 | — | — |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 0.03 | — | — |
| Malaria (Contracted Abroad) | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.01 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 92 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1.51 | 1 | 001 |
| Measles | 215 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 22 | 40 | 26 | 58 | 2 | 3.55 | — | — |
| Tuberculosis :— | 0.33 | |||||||||||
| Respiratory | 82 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 8 | — | 1.35 | 20 | |
| Other Forms | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 0.15 | 3 | 0.05 | |
| Totals | 547 | 95 | 52 | 56 | 78 | 76 | 106 | 84 | 89 | 9.03 | 43 | 0—71 |
t Includes Pneumonia (all forms) whereas notifiable types include only acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia.
* These figures are based on the attack rate per 1,000 births, and not population.
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