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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE I.
Summary of Statistics 1952.
| Population (mid-year 1952, per Registrar General) | 64,350 |
| Birth Rate | 1.1 |
| Death Rate | 11.2 |
| Maternal Mortality Rate | Nil |
| Infant Mortality Rate | 22.0 |
| Number of Births (live) | 908 |
| Number of Stillbirths | 18 |
| Number of Deaths | 720 |
| Number of Maternal Deaths | Nil |
| Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | 20 |
| Death Rate of Respiratory Diseases | 1.17 |
| ,, „ „ Tuberculosis | 0.17 |
| ,, ,, „ Cancer | 1.77 |
| „ ,, ,, Zymotic Diseases | 0.031 |
| Notifications of Infectious Diseases: | |
| Scarlet Fever | 123 |
| Diphtheria | Nil |
| Poliomyelitis | 6 |
| Typhoid Fever | Nil |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 54 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 36 |
| Tuberculosis (New Cases) | 78 |
| Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases | 2 |
| „ „ „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | Nil |
| „ „ „ „ Child Birth | Nil |
| Number of visits by Sanitary Inspectors | 11,218 |