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Borough of Bromley
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1919.
To the Mayor and Corporation of Bromley.
April 13 th, 1920.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit, as Temporary Medical Officer of Health,
my fourth Annual Report on the health and sanitary condition of the
Borough, relating to the year 1919, which is arranged in the order
prescribed by the recent memorandum of the Ministry of Health.
In doing so it is satisfactory to be able to state that the district
shows signs of recovery from the effects of the war, inasmuch as the
population is increasing at a greater rate : the birth rate is going up,
infant mortality very low, and the general death rate has also gone
down, very few empty premises remain and many shops have been reopened
for business, and there is more building in prospect than has
been the case for some years past.
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
DISTRICT.
Population (Census 1911—33,646), Estimate June, 1919—36,246.
The above population is that given by the Registrar General for
estimating the birth rate and compares with 35,375 in 1918, but as a
considerable number of Bromley non-civilians were serving at home or
abroad and as their deaths are not credited to the district by inward
transfer, as is the case with civilians dying away from home, the
Registrar General gives 34,795 as the population for estimating the
death rate. This compares with 31,572 in 1918.