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Penge 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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| Age Period | *New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0—1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1—5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5—15 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 15—25 | 3 | 7 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 25—35 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 35—45 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 45—55 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 55—65 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 14 | 11 | — | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
*Cases previously notified in other districts and transferred to Penge and
those restored to the Register are included in these figures.
There were 157 cases of tuberculosis on the Register at the end of the year,
compared with 162 in 1944.
MALE FEMALE TOTAL
Pulmonary 59 71 130
Non-pulmonary 13 14 27
72 85 157
My thanks are due to the Chairman and Members of the Public Health
and Maternity and Child Welfare Committee for their cordial support during
the year and also to the Staff of the Public Health Department for their co-operation.
It gives me pleasure to register my cordial appreciation of the work of the
lady voluntary helpers at the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre.
I am, Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
B. E. HAWKINS.
Medical Officer of Health.