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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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| Cases Notified at ages—years | Cases admitted to 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 | ||
| Scarlet fever | 33 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 23 |
| Dysentery | 169 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 49 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Measles | 71 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 32 | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 127 | 6 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 38 | 19 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 12 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Totals | 424 | 13 | 58 | 42 | 28 | 78 | 120 | 15 | 5 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 34 |
| Deaths of notified cases:—2 Pneumonia, aged 78 and 89 years. 1 Meningococcal Infection, aged 3 months. | ||||||||||||||
| Rate per 1,000 Home Population | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Home Population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births | All Causes | Typhoid Fever | Small-pox | Acute Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | Tuberculosis | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Pneumonia | Total Deaths under one year | |
| Penge U.D. | 19.0 | 0.22 | 10.4 | — | — | — | 0.27 | — | — | 0.07 | 0.73 | 21.8 |
| England and Wales | 15.3 | 0.35 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.47 | 27.6 |
| 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 16.9 | 0.43 | 12.1 | 0.00 | - | 0.01 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.52 | 31.2 |
| 160 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1951) | 15.5 | 0.36 | 11.2 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.43 | 25.8 |
| London Administrative County | 17.6 | 0.34 | 12.6 | — | — | 0.01 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.58 | 23.8 |
| A (—) signifies that there were no deaths. | ||||||||||||