Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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) | 32 | 34 | 7 |
„ (Females) | 18 | 20 | 3 |
Totals | 50 | 54 | 10 |
Non-Pulmonary (Males) | - | - | - |
(Females) | 2 | 1 | — |
Totals | 2 | 1 | — |
Five of the ten deaths from Tuberculosis were of cases not notified. |
Age Period | *New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
0—1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1—5 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | - | — |
5—15 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
15—25 | 12 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
25—35 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
35—45 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
45—55 | 13 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
55—65 | 7 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
65 and upwards | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | - | —— |
Totals | 48 | 26 | — | 2 | 7 | 3 | — | — |
*Cases previously notified in other districts and transferred to Penge and those restored to the Register are included in these figures. |