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 1948
[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 | 124 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 31 | 15 | 77 | 1.96 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 196 | 38 | 7 | 18 | 37 | 34 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 3.09 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Measles | 358 | 105 | 28 | 9 | 54 | 23 | 37 | 102 | 2 | 5.65 | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 0.05 | — | — |
| Acute Pneumonia | 31 | 7 | 1 | — | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 0.49 | 21† | 0.33 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 0.13 | — | — |
| Cerebrospinal Fever | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0.03 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 20 | — | — | 17 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 18.76§ | — | — |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Malaria (contracted abroad) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 .01 | — | — |
| Tuberculosis: Pulmonary | 88 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 14 | — | 1.39 | 18 | 0.28 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.13 | 2 | 0.03 | |
| Totals | 844 | 184 | 74 | 70 | 122 | 95 | 147 | 151 | 123 | 13.3 | 47 | 0.74 |
†Includes Pneumonia (all forms). Notifiable types include only acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia.
§Based on attack rate per 1,000 (live and still) births, and not population.