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Penge 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
- Published
- 1951
- Pages
- 26
- Tables
- 12
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Page 5
Comparative Vital Statistics. The following table shows the comparative figures for 1950:—
Rate per 1,000 Home Population Death Rate per 1,000 Home Population Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live Births Live Births Still Births -
Page 8
The following shows the number of Penge residents who were vaccinated against smallpox during the year:—
Age at 31/12/50. Under 1 1 to 4 5 to 14. 15 or over Total. -
Page 9
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis) during the year 1950.
Disease Total Cases notified Cases admitted to Hospitals Total Deaths -
Page 10
Tuberculosis. No action was necessary under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or Section 172, Public Health Act, 1936.
Total Primary cases notified Total Cases admitted to Sanatoria and Hospitals Total Deaths -
Page 10
New Tuberculosis Cases and Mortality during 1950.
Age Period *New Cases Deaths Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary -
Page 11
There were 270 cases of tuberculosis on the Register at the end of the year, compared with 248 in 1949.
Male Female Total -
Page 13
Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1950.
Cases Notified at ages—years Cases admitted to Isolation Hospitals At all ages Under 1 1 to 2 2 to 3 3 to 4 4 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 to 20 20 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 65 65 and upw'ds -
Page 13
BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY IN THE YEAR 1950.
Rate per 1,000 Home Population Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Home Population Rate per 1,000 Live Births Live Births Still Births j All Causes Typhoid Fever Small-pox A cute Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis Tuberculosis Whooping Cough Diphtheria Influenza Pneumonia Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years) Total Deaths under one year -
Page 14
PART I, FACTORIES ACT, 1937. 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.
Premises Number on Register Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupiers prosecuted -
Page 14
2. Cases in which Defects were found.
Particulars. Number of cases in which defects were found Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted Found Remedied Referred To H.M. Inspector By H.M. Inspector -
Page 15
CAUSES OF DEATH IN PENGE URBAN DISTRICT, 1950. Registrar-General's Figures.
CAUSES OF DEATH MALES FEMALES -
Page 20
The foods condemned were as follows :—