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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY IN THE YEAR, 1945.
| Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births | All Causes | Typhoid Fevers | Small-pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years) | Total Deaths under one year | |
| Penge U.D. | 22.4 | 0.96 | 12.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.10 | 0.05 | 2.3 | 40 |
| England and Wales | 16.1* | 0.46* | 11.4* | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 5.6 | 46 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 19.1 | 0.58 | 13.5 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 7.8 | 54 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 19.2 | 0.53 | 12.3 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 4.5 | 43 |
| London | 15.7 | 0.40 | 13.8 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 7.6 | 53 |
*Rate per 1,000 total population.
Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the year 1945.
| 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 | 0 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||
| Diphtheria | 24 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 8 | 8 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 24 |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 14 |
| Pneumonia | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — |
| Erysipelas | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — |
| Measles | 62 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 40 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 159 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 39 |
Deaths of notified cases: Diphtheria—Two aged 5 years, 2 years.
Pneumonia: Two aged 51 years, 67 years.