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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 | Totals | 0- | 1- | 3- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25 and over | Age Unknown | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 63 | 72 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 34 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 89 | 101 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 17 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 13 | 17 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | _ | — |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | – | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | |
| Measles | 284 | 249 | 2 | 4 | 60 | 42 | 73 | 59 | 126 | 119 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 450 | 441 | 10 | 13 | 88 | 64 | 107 | 93 | 195 | 200 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 3 | |
| 0- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65 and over | Age Unknown | |||||||||||||
| Acute Pneumonia | 34 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Dysentery | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |||||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | ||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | _ | 1 | __ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Malaria (contr'ct'd abroad) | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 55 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 34 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| Non-Pulmonary | 5 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 103 | 101 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 60 | 76 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | — | |||||
| 553 | 542 | |||||||||||||||||
90
Age Unknown
F.
1
1
—
—
1
—
3
M.
-
2
—
—
2
—
4
25 and over
F.
7
3
3
—
2
-
21
M.
1
1
1
—
2
—
5
15-
F.
4
1
5
1
5
-
17
Age Unknownj
-
—
-
-
-
•-
-
—
-
M.
2
1
3
-
4
-
10
1
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
1 1
10-
F.
12
2
5
-
1
-
30
65 and over
5
1
—
-
-
-
1
-
7
M.
11
3
2
-
15
-
31
8
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
110
5-
F.
34
44
3
-
119
-
200
45-
4
—
1
-
-
-
-
-
5
M.
40
24
5
-
126
—
195
4
-
-
-
-
-
7
1
12
3-
F.
9
24
1
-
59
—
93
15-
5
—
1
31
-
34
5
76
M.
6
26
1
1
73
—
107
13
2
2
-
-
3
38
2
60
1-
F.
5
17
-
-
42
-
64
5-
4
-
-
-
-
3
1
8
M.
3
24
1
-
60
-
88
7
- 1
-
-
-
5
'
13
0-
F.
-
9
-
-
4
-
13
0-
2
1
-
-
-
-
2
-
5
M.
-
8
-
-
2
-
10
1
-
-
1
-
-
4
1
7
Totals
F.
72
101
17
1
249
1
441 1
20
2
2
31
-
40
6
101
542
M.
63
89
13
1
284
-
450
34
2
3
1
-
3
55
5
103
| 553
Disease
Scarlet Fever
Whooping Cough
Acute
Poliomyelitis
Acute
Polioencephalitis
Measles
Diphtheria
Acute Pneumonia
Dysentery
Erysipelas
Cerebro-Spinal
Fever
Puerperal Pyrexia
Malaria
(contr'ct'd abroad)
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary
Non-Pulmonary