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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 1953
[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 | 38 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Pneumonia | 11 | — | 1 | 1 | — | - | - | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Non-paralytic Malaria | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 143 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Measles | 620 | 7 | 125 | 89 | 94 | 149 | 150 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 |
| Food Poisoning | 7 | - | 3 | 1 | _ | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 7 | — | — | — | — | - | — | - | — | — | 2 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 115 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 944 | 25 | 167 | 130 | 128 | 188 | 223 | 29 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
Deaths of notified cases :—One whooping cough, aged 2 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 | All Causes | Typhoid Fever | Small-pox | Acute Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | Tuberculosis | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Pneumonia | Total Deaths under one year | |
| Penge U.D. | 18.8 | 0.70 | 10.5 | — | — | — | 0.35 | 0.03 | — | 0.23 | 0.55 | 22.4 |
| England and Wales | 15.5 | 0.35 | 11.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.20 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 0.55 | 26.8 |
| 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 17.0 | 0.43 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.24 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.59 | 30.8 |
| 160 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1951) | 15.7 | 0.34 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.52 | 24.3 | |
| London Administrative County | 17.5 | 0.38 | 12.5 | — | - | 0.01 | 0.24 | 0.0 0 | 0.15 | 0.64 | 24.8 | |
A (—) signifies that there were no deaths.