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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE IX. Notifiable Diseases, 1948 (Civilian) Ward Distribution, Attack and Mortality Rates
| 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 | 139 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 24 | 12 | 29 | 20 | 68 | 2.17 | — | - |
| Whooping Cough | 199 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 59 | 21 | 6 | 3.10 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 0.11 | — | — |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | - | — | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| Measles | 559 | 94 | 54 | 50 | 109 | 61 | 86 | 105 | 10 | 8.71 | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 0.01 | - | — |
| Acute Pneumonia | 30 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0.47 | 38t | 0.59 |
| Dysentery | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 0.03 | - | — |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 0.12 | - | — |
| Cerebrospinal Fever | 1 | 1 | - | — | - | — | — | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 25 | - | - | 25 | — | — | — | - | 25 | 23.74§ | - | — |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | 2 | - | — | 2 | - | — | — | — | 2 | 0. 03 | - | — |
| Tuberculosis : | ||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 105 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 1.64 | 20 | 0.31 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | — | _ | _ | 0.11 | ||
| Food Poisoning | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6 | — | 4 | — | 0.19 | - | — |
| Totals | 1,097 | 189 | 100 | 106 | 161 | 162 | 202 | 177 | 129 | 17 .10 | 60 | 0.93 |
t 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.