London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Penge 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]

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Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1948.

Cases Notified at ages-yearsCases admitted to Isolation Hospitals
At all agesUnder 11 to 22 to 33 to 44 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 3535 to 4545 to 6565 and upw'ds
Poliomyelitis1------1-----1
Cerebro-spinal
fever2111
Scarlet fever242321762117
Pneumonia161311113233
Erysipelas81223
Measles458231167459928631221
Whooping
Cough10013261314181511
Puerperal
Pyrexia221
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum11
Totals612381489176111109112596625

Deaths of notified cases :—Whooping Cough, 1.

BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY INTHE YEAR 1948.

Rate per 1,000 Civilian PopulationAnnual Death Rate per 1,000 Civilian PopulationRate per 1,000 Live Births
Live BirthsStill BirthsAll CausesTyphoid FeverSmall-poxAcute PoliomyelitisScarlet FeverWhooping CoughDiphtheriaInfluenzaPneumoniaDiarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years)Total Deaths under one year
Penge U.D.C.22.740.4811.690.080.480.0830
England and Wales*17.9*0.42*10.80.010.02-0.030.413.334
126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London20.00.5211.60.010.020.030.384.539
148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931)19.20.4310.70.010.020.040.362.132
London20.10.3911.60.010.010.020.542.431

*Rate per 1,000 total population. A dash (-) signifies that there were no deaths.