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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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No action was necessary under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or Section 172 Public Health Act, 1936.
| „ (Females) | 24 | 15 | 4 |
| Totals | 48 | 32 | 10 |
| Non-Pulmonary (Males) | 1 | - | - |
| (Females) | - | 1 | 7 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | - |
Two of the ten deaths from Tuberculosis were of cases not notified, one of
whom died in a hospital outside the district.
| Age Period | *New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | NonPulmonary | Pulmonary | NonPulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0—1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1—5 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5—15 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 15—25 | 9 | 11 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 25—35 | 6 | 10 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 35—45 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45—55 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 55—65 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 28 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | - | - |
*Cases previously notified in other districts and transferred to Penge
and those restored to the Register are included in these figures.