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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
Penge 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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TABLE III.
| Notifiable Disease. | At all Ages | Cases Notified in District. | No. of Cases Removed to Hosfital. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 2J. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 25 | — | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | — | 13 |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 11 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 30 | — | 9 | 16 | 2 | 3 | — | 24 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | - | - | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 1 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken-pox | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 71 | 1 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 38 |
Croydon Borough Hospital, Waddon.
Isolation Hospitals
Croydon and Wimbledon Joint Small-pox Hospital, Cheam.