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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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New Tuberculosis Cases and Mortality during 1S43.
| Age Period | * New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non- Palmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 — 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 - 5 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | l | 1 |
| 5 — 15 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 15-25 | 2 | 8 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 25 - 35 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 35-45 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| 45-55 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| 55 - 65 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 16 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
* Cases previously notified in other districts and transferred
to Penge and those restored to the Register are included in these
figures
There were 152 cases of tuberculosis on the Register at the end of the year, compared with 161 in 1942.
| Male | Female | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | 59 | 68 | 127 |
| Non-pulmonary | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 72 | 80 | 152 |
I am, Mr.Chairman and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
B.E.HAWKINS.
Medical Officer of Health.