London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Penge 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
This page requires JavaScript
New Tuberculosis Cases_ and Mortality during 1941.
| Age Period | X New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Nonrespiratory. | Respiratory | Nonrespafcory | |||||
| M | F. | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| 1-5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 515 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 15 -35 | 4 | 4 | - | - | I | 1 | l | 1 |
| 25 - 35 | 6 | - | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 35 - 4 5 | 3 | 2 | -~~ | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 45-55 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| 55-65 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
X Cases previously notified in other districts and transferred
to Penge and those restored to the Register are included in these
figures.
There were 1-55 cases of tuberculosis on the register at the
end of the year, compared with 175 in. 1940.
Pulmonary
Non-pulmonary..
Ma 1 e
63
18
81
Female
62
12
74
Total
125
50
155
I am, Mr.Chairman and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
B.E.HAWKINS .
Temporary Medical Officer of Health.