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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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New Tuberculosis Cases and Mortality during 1946.
| Age Period | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0—1 | 1 | — | ||||||
| 1—5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 5—15 | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 15—25 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 25—35 | 9 | 14 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| 35—45 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| 45—55 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 55—65 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 20 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — |
*Cases previously notified in other districts and transferred to Penge and
those restored to the Register are included in these figures.
There were 181 cases of tuberculosis on the Register at the end of the year,
compared with 157 in 1945.
Male Female Total
Pulmonary 66 84 150
Non-Pulmonary 15 16 31
81 100 181
Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the year 1946.
| 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 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||
| Diphtheria | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 |
| Scarlet Fever | lb | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 12 | |
| Pneumonia | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Erysipelas | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Measles | 230 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 105 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 60 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 14 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Pueaperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 336 | 20 | 32 | 37 | 39 | 36 | 124 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
Deaths of notified cases :—Pneumonia : One aged 67 years.
Erysipelas : One aged 61 years.