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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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During a week's holiday at the end of October, the
number of cases of diphtheria among scholars in the Infants'
Department of the Oakfield Road School was above the
average, and after consultation with the School Medical
Officer, the Department was closed for another week.
SCHOOL CLINIC.
Minor ailments are prescribed for by the School Medical
Officer and two Medical Inspectors on three afternoons in
the week. Particulars appear in the School Medical Officer's
Annual Report.
DENTAL CLINIC.
Mr. D. H. Barr and Mr. S. V. Shrimpton each attend
two mornings a week to give dental treatment.
Notifiable diseases during the year.
| Disease. | Total cases notified. | Cases admitted to hospital. |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 126 | 102 |
| Diphtheria | 40 | 32 |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | — |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | — |
| Enteric fever | 6 | 6 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — |
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary M. | 14 | 3 |
| „ „ „ F | 25 | 14 |
| Total | 39 | 17 |
| „ Non-pulmonary M. | 4 | 1 |
| „ „ „ F | 8 | 5 |
| Total | 12 | 6 |