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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the year 1944.
| Cases notified At ages - years. | Cases admitted to Isolation. Hospitals. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages | Und-er 1 | 1 to- 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 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 . | ||
| Diphtheria | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 21 | |
| Enteric fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia. | 13 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - |
| Erysipelas | 6 | •- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 74 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 43 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Totals | 170 | 10 | 20 | £> | 20 | 15 | 46 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 35 |
Deaths of notified cases. - Pneumonias- One aged 82 years.
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