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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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TABLE III.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | Deaths Registered | At Ages—Years. | |||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 41 | 2 | ... | 8 | 29 | 2 | 2 | ... | 32 |
| Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 125 | 4 | ... | 19 | 90 | 11 | 5 | ... | 106 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 4 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (under Poor Law Regulations) | 25 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | 13 | 2 | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Notified Voluntarily since June) | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | ... | ... |
| Totals | 214 | 7 | ... | 27 | 128 | 21 | 35 | 3 | 142 |
| Croydon Isolation Hospital, Waddon. | |||||||||