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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary (Males) | 27 | 20 | 7 |
| „ (Females) | 13 | 12 | 3 |
| Totals | 40 | 32 | 10 |
| Non-Pulmonary (Males) | 1 | - | 1 |
| (Females) | 2 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Two of the 11 deaths from Tuberculosis were of cases not notified, both of
whom died in hospitals outside the district.
| Age Period | *New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0—1 | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1—5 | — | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5—15 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15—25 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 25—35 | 5 | 7 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 35—45 | 11 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 45—55 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 55—65 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | - | — | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Totals | 35 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — |
*Cases previously notified in other districts and transferred to Penge
and those restored to the Register are included in these figures.