Table: Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1948.
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 |
|---|
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| fever | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 1 | — | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 24 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 17 |
| Pneumonia | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | — |
| Measles | 458 | 23 | 116 | 74 | 59 | 92 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 |
| Whooping | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cough | 100 | 13 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 612 | 38 | 148 | 91 | 76 | 111 | 109 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
Deaths of notified cases :—Whooping Cough, 1.
Table: BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY INTHE YEAR 1948.
BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY INTHE 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 |
|---|
| Penge U.D.C. | 22.74 | 0.48 | 11.69 | — | — | — | — | 0.08 | — | — | 0.48 | 0.08 | 30 |
| England and Wales | *17.9 | *0.42 | *10.8 | — | — | 0.01 | — | 0.02 | - | 0.03 | 0.41 | 3.3 | 34 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 20.0 | 0.52 | 11.6 | — | — | 0.01 | — | 0.02 | — | 0.03 | 0.38 | 4.5 | 39 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931) | 19.2 | 0.43 | 10.7 | — | — | 0.01 | — | 0.02 | — | 0.04 | 0.36 | 2.1 | 32 |
| London | 20.1 | 0.39 | 11.6 | — | — | — | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.54 | 2.4 | 31 |
*Rate per 1,000 total population. A dash (-) signifies that there were no deaths.