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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TUBERCULOSIS
The following are details of the recordings in the register for the year ended 31st December, 1968: —
| Respiratory | Other forms | Total No. of Cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||
| No. on Register at 1.1.68 | 1,521 | 1,217 | 144 | 176 | 3,058 |
| No. of cases notified during 1968 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 54 |
| No. of cases coming to knowledge after death | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Restored to Register | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Inward Transfers | 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 38 |
| 1,575 | 1,248 | 147 | 183 | 3,153 | |
| Deletions - deaths, removals recoveries, etc., | 113 | 106 | 1 | 11 | 231 |
| Number of cases on Register at 31.12.68. | 1,462 | 1,142 | 146 | 172 | 2,922 |
New cases and mortality: —
| Age Groups | New cases notified or otherwise revealed. (Not including Inward Transfers). | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 5 | 3 | |||||||
| 5-14 years | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 15-24 years | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 25-44 years | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 45-64 years | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 65 years and over | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Age Unknown | ||||||||
| Inward Transfers | 31 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Totals | 52 | 30 | 3 | 7 | ||||
Section 172, Public Health Act, 1936
No action was taken by the Local Authority under these
regulations during 1968.
Typhoid Fever
No cases occurred during the year.
Paratyphoid Fever
One notification was received during 1968.