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Penge 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
- Published
- 1949
- Pages
- 26
- Tables
- 22
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Page 5
Comparative Vital Statistics : The following table shows the comparative figures for 1948 :-
Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population Death Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live Births Live Births Still Births -
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Day Nursery. Accommodation was provided at 214, Anerley Road, for 20 children 0-2 years and 25 children between 2-5 years. The attendances were as follows up to the 1st July, 1948 :-
0-2 years 2-5 years Total attendances Average daily attendance Average daily attendance (excl. Sats.) -
Page 7
The following table gives the number of mothers admitted annually for the last five complete years and up to 5th July, 1948 :-
Year Total Cases admitted Penge Cases Beckenham Cases Other Cases -
Page 7
Health Visiting. Four Health Visitors were employed and the following shows the number of visits paid by them in connection with maternity and child welfare and tuberculosis up to the 5th July, 1948.
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Page 8
Up to 5th July, 1948, 4 premature infants were born in the district :-
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Page 10
Diphtheria Immunisation. The following table gives the attendances, etc., up to 5th July, 1948 :-
Under 5 years Over 5 years Totals -
Page 11
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1948.
Disease Total Cases notified Cases admitted to Hospitals Total Deaths -
Page 11
Tuberculosis. No action was necessary under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or Section 172 Public Health Act, 1936.
Total Primary cases notified Total Cases admitted to Sanatoria and Hospitals Total Deaths -
Page 12
New Tuberculosis Cases and Mortality during 1948.
Age Period *New Cases Deaths Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary M F M F M F M F -
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There were 227 cases of tuberculosis on the Register at the end of the compared with 197 in 1947.
Male Female Total -
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Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1948.
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 -
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BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY IN THE YEAR 1948.
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 Small-pox Acute Poliomyelitis Scarlet Fever Whooping Cough Diphtheria Influenza Pneumonia Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years) Total Deaths under one year -
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1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.
Premises Number on Register Number of Inspections Written Notices Owners prosecuted -
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2. Cases in which Defects were found.
Particulars. Number of cases in which defects were found Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted Found Remedied Referred To H.M. Inspector By H.M. Inspector -
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CAUSES OF DEATH IN PENGE URBAN DISTRICT, 1948 Registrar-General's Figures.
CAUSE OF DEATH. MALES FEMALES -
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PREMISES OR OCCUPATIONS WHICH CAN BE CONTROLLED BY BYELAWS OR REGULATIONS.
No. in district No. of visits Notices served Notices complied with -
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SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS AND VISITS. The following summary shows the number of visits and inspections made :-
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SUMMARY OF WORK EXECUTED DURING THE YEAR.
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Page 20
The items condemned were as follows :-
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The following Licences were issued under the Milk (Special Designations) Orders :-
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Ice Cream : Thirty-six samples of ice cream were submitted to the Methylene Blue test. The results of the examinations were as follows :-
group classification no. of samples