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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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| Notifiable Disease. | cases notified. | Cases ad-mit'd to Hospital | deaths of notified cases. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages | At ages—Years | At all ages | At ages—Years | ||||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Under 1 | I to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||
| 1 Diphtheria | 27 | - | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 25 | 5 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 2 Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 3 Enteric Fever | 15 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 Malaria | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 Pneumonia | 32 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 Puerperal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 Scarlet Fever | 31 | - | 9 | 18 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 24 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 118 | 6 | 20 | 38 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 61 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 8 |