Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Population (mid-year 1948, per Registrar General) | 63,360 |
Birth Rate | 16.4 |
Death Rate | 9.9 |
Infant Mortality Rate | 20.15 |
Number of Births (live) | 1,042 |
Number of Stillbirths | 24 |
Number of Deaths | 631 |
Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | 21 |
Death Rate of Respiratory Diseases | 0.9 |
„ „ „ Tuberculosis | 0.3 |
„ „ „ Cancer | 1.8 |
„ „ „ Zymotic Diseases | 0.01 |
Notifications of Scarlet Fever | 124 |
„ „ Diphtheria | 3 |
„ „ Pneumonia | 31 |
„ „ Tuberculosis | 96 |
Number of Deaths from Scarlet Fever | — |
„ „ ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | — |
„ „ „ Child Birth | 2 |
Number of visits by Sanitary Inspectors | 29,342 |
„ „ „ „ Health Visitors (to 5th July, 1948) | 5,226 |