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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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Comparative Vital Statistics,
The following table shows the comparative figures for 1940:
| Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population. | Death rate per 1,000 civilian population. • | Deaths under one year per 1,000 births. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live-Births. | Still-Birth. | |||
| Penge | 18.3 | 0.41 | 16.0 | 62 |
| England and Wales | 14.6 | 0.55 | 14.3 | 55 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 16.0 | 0.64 | 15.8 | 61 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (resident populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 15.7 | 0.55 | ! 12.8 | 54 |
| London | 13.7 | 0.44 | 17.8 | 50 |
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA..
Ambulance Facilities.
During the year the Council's motor ambulance responded to
620 calls; 307 for private removals and 313 for accidents and
sudden illness.
There is a co-ordination scheme between the ambulance
services of Penge, Beckenham and Bromley, which works satisfactorily.
Maternity and Child Welfare Centre._
The Maternity and Child Welfare Centre was held, as before,
at the Council's School Clinic, 17, Oakfield Road, on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday afternoons, and the Ante-Natal and PostNatal
Clinic on Y/ednesday mornings.
Medical Officer's Consultations.
| Infants | 995 | |
| Nursing Mothers | 342 | |
| Ante—Natal | 363 | |
| Post—Natal | 3 | 1,703 |
| Total attendance of children at the Centre | 6,154 | |
| Individual children who attended | 774 | |
| Average weekly attendance of children | 120.6 | |
| Total attendance of nursing mothers | 1,286 | |
| Individual nursing mothers who attended | 257 | |
| Average weekly attendance of nursing mothers | 25.2 | |
| Total attendance of expectant mothers | 375 | |
| Individual expectant mothers who attendeded | 257 | |
| Average weekly attendance of expectant mothers | 10.4 | |
The following amounts were expended in supplying milk gratis
to 28 expectant mothers and 118 nursing mothers and infants up to
the 21st August.
Dried Milk, £165.17.4. Fresh Milk, £9.3.5.
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