Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Infant Mortality :
Males Females T otal
Legitimate 37 13 50
Illegitimate 2 3 5
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 total live births 13
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate
live births 12
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 17
Infant mortality rate for Greater London per
1,000 live births 17.8
Infant mortality rate for England and Wales 18
Neonatal mortality rate (deaths under four weeks
per 1,000 total live births) 8
Neonatal mortality rate for Greater London 12.3
Neonatal mortality rate for England and Wales 12
Early neonatal mortality rate (deaths under one
week per 1,000 total live births) 6
Early neonatal mortality rate for Greater London 10.7
Early neonatal mortality rate for England and
Wales 11
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths
under one week combined per 1,000 total
live and stillbirths) 18
Perinatal mortality rate for Greater London 22.6
Perinatal mortality rate for England and Wales 23
Maternal Mortality:
Maternal deaths (including abortions) Nil
Maternal mortality rate for Greater London per
1,000 live and stillbirths 0.17
Deaths :
Males Females T otal
1,544 1,638 3,182
Crude death rate per 1,000 estimated total population
10.5
Adjusted rate for comparison with other areas
(Area comparability factor for deaths = .97) 10.2
Crude death rate for Greater London per 1,000
population 11.3
Death rate for England and Wales 11.7
Tuberculosis Death Rates:
All forms (per 1,000 population) 0.03
Pulmonary (per 1,000 population) 0.023
Non-Pulmonary (per 1,000 population) 0.007