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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1939.
| Cases notified. At ages - Years. | Cases admitted to Isolation Hospital | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | o 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 upwards | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 56 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 6 | - | 43 | ||
| Diphtheria | 20 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 18 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | - | |
| Erysipelas | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Measles | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals. | 108 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 65 |
Deaths of notified cases - Diphtheria, 3 aged 6, 7 and 5 years.
Pneumonia, 3 aged 58, 62 and 50 years.
Puerperal pyrexia, 1 aged 38 years.