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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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New Tuberculosis Cases and Mortality during 1947.
| Age Period | *New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0—1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1—5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5—15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 15—25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — |
| 25—35 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| 35—45 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 45—55 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 55—65 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 29 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | — |
*Cases previously notified in other districts and transferred to Penge and
those restored to the Register are included in these figures.
There were 197 cases of tuberculosis on the Register at the end of the year, compared with 181 in 1946.
| Male | Female | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | 74 | 85 | 159 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 19 | 19 | 38 |
| 93 | 104 | 197 |
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 ready cooperation.
It gives me pleasure again to register my cordial appreciation of the work
of the Lady voluntary helpers at the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre.
1 am, Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant.
B. E. HAWKINS,
Medical Officer of Health.