[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley Borough].

  • Bromley (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
1906
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    8 INFANT MORTALITY. The proportion of deaths under one year of age to regis tered births (i.e., the Infant Mortality) was 60.8 per 1,000, compared with 128 per 1,000 for England and Wales. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The deaths from all causes included:— Rate per 1000 Bromley. England and Wales. From Scarlet Fever 2 .06 .11 „ Whooping Cough 5 .16 .25 „ Diarrhoea 8 .26 .59 „ Diphtheria 10 .33 .16 There were no deaths from smallpox, enteric fever or measles. Thus 25 deaths were attributed to these principal zymotic diseases, being at the rate of .83 per 1,000, compared with a rate of 1.52 for England and Wales, and 1.53 for the Outer Ring of London. Mean of 10 years. Death Rate Zymotic Death Hate. 1885-1894 13.0 1.53 1895-1904 11.2 1.52 Generally speaking, the effects of sanitary improvements and precautionary methods are best indicated by a lower death rate from Infectious Diseases, Fever, Diarrhœa, Con sumption, and amongst children under 5 years of age from all causes. I therefore show these rates in Bromley during the last 10 years.