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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Population (mid-year 1951, per Registrar General) | 64,550 |
| Birth Rate | 14.2 |
| Death Rate | 11.4 |
| Maternal Mortality Rate | Nil |
| Infant Mortality Rate | 12.0 |
| Number of Births (live) | 916 |
| Number of Stillbirths | 15 |
| Number of Deaths | 735 |
| Number of Maternal Deaths | Nil |
| Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | 11 |
| Death Rate of Respiratory Diseases | 1.27 |
| „ „ „ Tuberculosis | 0.31 |
| „ „ „ Cancer | 1.98 |
| „ „ „ Zymotic Diseases | 0.062 |
| Notifications of Infectious Diseases: | |
| Scarlet Fever | 47 |
| Diphtheria | Nil |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 51 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 52 |
| Tuberculosis (new cases) | 84 |
| Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases | 4 |
| „ „ „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | Nil |
| „ Child Birth | Nil |
| Number of Visits by Sanitary Inspectors ,, ,, ,, | 20,273 |