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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The Infant Mortality Rate for the year is 19.11 per 1,000 live births. 25 infants died during 1947 before reaching their first birthday, and the following particulars relate to these cases:—
| Local deaths in hospital | 10 |
| Inward transfers (died in hospital) | 10 |
| Died at home | 5 |
| 25 | |
| Died in the first week of life | 15 |
| Died within first week and twelfth month | 10 |
| 25 |
It is gratifying to note that the Infant Mortality Rate for
1947 is the lowest ever recorded in Bromley, and may be reasonably
accepted as the fulminating result of 40 years of Maternity
and Child Welfare work carried out in Bromley, in the beginning
by the Bromley Health Society, and since 1918 by the Local
Authority. In 1908 the Infant Mortality Rate was 62, and there
has been progressive reduction to the present low and encouraging
rate of 19.
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
There was one maternal death in 1947; a mortality rate of 0.74 per 1,000 total births.
The following table shows the causes and rates of maternal mortality in five-yearly periods since 1911:—
| 5-yearly periods | Puerperal Sepsis | Other puerperal Rate per causes 1,000 births | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1911-1915 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 1916-1920 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 1921-1925 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 1926-1930 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 1931-1935 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| 1936-1940 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| 1941-1945 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 1946 | — | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1947 | — | 1 | 0.74 |