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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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Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1947.
| 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 upw'ds | ||
| Poliomyelitis | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | ||
| Scarlet fever | 20 | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 14 | |
| Pneumonia | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Measles | 151 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 33 | 19 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping | ||||||||||||||
| Cough | 72 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia | ||||||||||||||
| Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals 270 | 17 | 32 | 29 | 47 | 32 | 77 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 | |
Deaths of notified cases :—Nil.
BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY IN THE YEAR 1947.
| 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 Fever | J Small-pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years) | Total Deaths under one year | |
| Penge U.D.C. | 27.6 | 0.45 | 12.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.04 | 4.4 | 32 |
| England and Wales | *20.5 | *0.50 | *12.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 5.8 | 41 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 23.3 | 0.62 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 8.0 | 47 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931) | 22.2 | 0.54 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 3.7 | 36 |
| London | 22.7 | 0.49 | 12.8 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 4.8 | 37 |
*Rate per 1,000 total population. A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.