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Bromley 1947
[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 1947. 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population :— | |||||
| BIRTHS— | |||||
| Live Births | 20.9 | 20.5‡ | 23.3 | 22.2 | 22.7 |
| Still Births | 0.54 | 0.50‡ | 0.62 | 0.54 | 0.49 |
| DEATHS— | |||||
| All Causes | 11.7 | 12.0‡ | 13.0 | 11.9 | 12.8 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Influenza | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| Smallpox | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Measles | — | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| NOTIFICATIONS— | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.0l |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.01 | 0 .05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.12 | 1.37 | 1.54 | 1.37 | 1.31 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.03 | 2.22 | 2.41 | 2.02 | 2.80 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
| Erysipelas | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.22 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Measles | 8.51 | 9.41 | 9.13 | 9.58 | 5.29 |
| Pneumonia | 0.86 | 0.79 | 0.89 | 0.68 | 0.64 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births :— | |||||
| DEATHS— | |||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 19 | 41† | 47 | 36 | 37 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 0.00 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
| Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births :— | |||||
| NOTIFICATIONS— | |||||
| Puerperal Fever | 0.00 | 7.16 | 8.99 | 6.27 | 1 . 21 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 23.09 | 6.94 § | |||
| MATERNAL MORTALITY— | |||||
| Abortion with Sepsis | 0.00 | 0.10 | Not Available. | ||
| Abortion without Sepsis | 0.00 | 0.06 | |||
| Puerperal infections | 0.00 | 0.16 | |||
| Other Maternal causes | 0.74 | 0.85 | |||
* A dash ( —) signifies that there were no deaths.
‡Rates per 1,000 total population.
† Rates per 1,000 related births.
§ Including puerperal Fever.