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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the year 1942.
| Cases notified. At ages - Years. | Cases admitted to Isolation 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 | zu to 35 | Ob to 45 | 45 to 65 | t»t> ana upv?ards | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 28 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 23 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Dysentery (Sonne) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | -• |
| Measles | 110 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 43 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Whhooping Cough | 12 | 5 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 165 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 26 |
Deaths of notified cases - Pneumonia; 2, aged 65 years and 78 years respectively.