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Penge 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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| Notifiable Disease. | number of cases notified. | Total Cases Notified ineach Ward | Total cases removed to H'sptal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | At ages—Years | |||||||||||
| Under I | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | No. 1 C. Pal. Ward. | No. 2 Penge Ward | No. 3 Anerl'y Ward | |||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 84 | ... | 14 | 44 | 13 | 8 | 5 | ... | 46 | 18 | 20 | 55 |
| Erysipelas | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 41 | ... | 8 | 29 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 17 | 12 | 24 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 41 | ... | ... | 5 | 6 | 19 | 11 | ... | 14 | 12 | 15 | 21† |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 37 | ... | 6 | 23 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | 24 | 9 | 4 | 17† |
| Totals | 213 | - | 28 | 103 | 29 | 32 | 20 | 1 | 97 | 65 | 51 | 118 |
Note.— There were no cases notified of the following notifiable Infectious diseases, Small Pox, Cholera, Plague, Typhus Fever,
Relapsing Fever, Continued Fever, Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Poliomyelitis.
Isolation Hospitals.— Croydon Isolation Hospital, Waddon; Croydon & Wimbledon Joint Small-pox Hospital, Cheam.
Total available beds (the Hospital Authorities provide any beds that may be required).
Number of Diseases that can be concurrently treated, 4; viz. Small-pox, Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, Enteric Fever.
t Tuberculosis—The following are the Hospitals, etc., to which Tuberculosis patients were sent:—Eversfield (2);
Croydon Infirmary (3); Broadstairs, Wainwright Home (7); Sittingbourne (2); Burfield Common (I); Northwood (2); Bromley
Common (3); St. Phillip's Memorial (1); Midhurst (1); Croydon General (2); Great Ormond Street (3); St. Bartholomew's
(I); Treloar's Cripple Home (1); Guy's (1); Charing Cross (1); Queen Mary's (3) St.Thomas' (4); Norwood Cottage
(I); Benenden (3); Crooksby (1); St. James' Infirmary (I); Sydenham Sick Home (1).
Note.— Seven cases went to more than one hospital.
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