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 Penge]
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inspections.
First Visits to Infants 376
Subsequent Visits 1,761
Visits to Consumptive Patients 295
„ Outworkers' Premises 34
,, Factories and Workshops 108
(Where females are employed).
„ Restaurant Kitchens 37
„ Milk Shops 15
,, Houses Let in Lodgings 116
Re-inspections 127
With regard to the work done in dealing with the
Infantile Mortality, in addition to my acknowledgment
of the Health Visitor's efforts, I should like to express
my best thanks to the District Nurses, who have done
valuable work in this respect.
zymotic death rate.
During the year 13 deaths have been referred to the
following Zymotic diseases :—
Measles 0
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 2
Scarlet Fever 4
Influenza 5
Whooping Cough 1
Enteric Fever 1
Small Pox ???0
13
This gives a Zymotic Death Rate of .53 per 1,000, but
if the five cases of influenza are omitted, it only amounts
to .32 per 1,000.