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Penge 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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| Age Period | *New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0—1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1—5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5—15 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 15—25 | 5 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | - | - |
| 25—35 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | - |
| 35—45 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 45—55 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | - | - |
| 55—65 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | - |
| 65 and upwards | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 23 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — |
*Cases previously notified in other districts and transferred to Penge
and those restored to the Register are included in these figures.
There were 320 cases of tuberculosis on the Register at the end of the
year, compared with 296 in 1951.
Male
Female
Total
Pulmonary 145 135 280
Non-Pulmonary 17 23 40
162
158
320
There were 7 deaths from tuberculosis and two tubercular cases on the
register died from other causes during the year.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948.
On occasions difficulty was experienced in obtaining admission to
institutions of aged persons suffering from chronic illness and in need of care
and attention. Until sufficient institutional accommodation and staff are
provided for the chronic aged sick living alone, the proper care of these elderly
people will remain a serious problem, particularly those who are not considered
suitable for admission to a residential home for aged people and those whose
condition the hospital authorities do not consider warrant admission to hospital.
Under Section 50 of the Act, it is the duty of the local authority to arrange
for the burial or cremation of the body of any person who has died in their area
if it appears that no suitable arrangements for the disposal of the body have or
are being made. During the year four bodies were dealt with by the Council
under these provisions.