London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| 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 | ||
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | |
| Scarlet fever | 15 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | ||
| Pneumonia | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Measles | 390 | 14 | 87 | 63 | 47 | 98 | 79 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 204 | 16 | 37 | 57 | 30 | 36 | 25 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 632 | 31 | 127 | 123 | 79 | 142 | 112 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
Deaths of notified cases :—1 Pneumonia, aged 58 years.
| 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 | |
| Penge U.D. | 21.6 | 0.59 | 10.45 | — | — | — | 0.43 | — | — | 0.04 | 0.63 | 1.8 | 25.2 |
| England and Wales | 15.8 | 0.37 | 11.6 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 0.36 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.46 | 1.9 | 29.8 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 17.6 | 0.45 | 12.3 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.42 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.49 | 2.2 | 33.8 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931) | 16.7 | 0.38 | 11.6 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.45 | 1.6 | 29.4 |
| London Administrative County | 17.8 | 0.36 | 11.8 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.39 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.48 | 1.0 | 26.3 |
| A (—) signifies that there were no deaths. | |||||||||||||