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 1947
[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 | Sun-dridge | Bickley | Bromley Common | Keston and Hayes | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 135 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 33 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 91 | 2.15 | _ | _ |
| Whooping Cough | 190 | 47 | 18 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 31 | 35 | 2 | 3. 03 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 30 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 0.47 | 3 | 0.04 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | 2 | 1 | - | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0.03 | — | — | |
| Measles | 533 | 52 | 38 | 40 | 68 | 99 | 178 | 58 | 2 | 8.51 | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | - | — | - | — | — | — | 0.01 | 1* | 0.01 | |
| Acute Pneumonia | 54 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 30 | 0.86 | 28t | 0.43 |
| Dysentery | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 0.06 | - | — |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 0.08 | — | — |
| Cerebrospinal Fever | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | — | - | — | — | 0.01 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 31 | 1 | — | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 23.09§ | _ | — |
| Malaria (contracted abroad) | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 0.04 | — | — |
| Tuberculosis : Pulmonary | 95 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1.51 | 26 | 0.41 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | 11 | I | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | — | 0.17 | 3 | 0.04 |
| Totals | 1,095 | 165 | 98 | 101 | 161 | 166 | 269 | 135 | 180 | 17.48 | 62 | 1.00 |