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Bromley 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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MEASLES.
533 cases of measles were notified during the year, an attack
rate of 8.51 per 1,000 population. There was no mortality. The
distribution of cases was fairly even throughout the Borough.
While the type of disease was, this year, mild, there is no
doubt that the subsequent debility which follows all cases of
measles is a problem that has its effect on the health of the child,
and one that must call for more careful nursing and prolonged
convalescence.
WHOOPING COUGH.
190 cases were notified (3.03 per 1,000 population), and there
was, unfortunately, one fatal case.
What has been said on Measles can, with equal stress, be
said of Whooping Cough.
The preventive inoculation was undertaken for a period, but
was found not to be sufficiently effective to warrant the universal
adoption as is the case in the prevention of Diphtheria.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Details of new cases and mortality during the year are
shown in Table XV.
Particulars of the recording in the Tuberculosis Register during 1947 are as follows:—
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total Cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||
| No. of cases on register, 1/1/1947 | 288 | 259 | 80 | 99 | 726 |
| New cases notified during 1947 | 38 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 72 |
| No. of cases coming to knowledge after death | 3 | 4 | 1 | _ | 8 |
| No. of cases restored to the Register during the year | _ | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Inward Transfers | 14 | 7 | — | 3 | 24 |
| 343 | 299 | 85 | 105 | 832 | |
| Deletions (deaths, removals, recovery etc.) | 63 | 42 | 35 | 49 | 189 |
| No. of cases on Register at 31/12/1947 | 280 | 257 | 50 | 56 | 643 |
The number of deaths from all forms of tuberculosis during
the year was 29 of whom 8, or one in 3.6, were not notified prior
to death.
The number of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis on the
Register decreased-by 10, and non-pulmonary by 73, during 1947