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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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| 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 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 31 | - | 3 | - | 7 | 16 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | - | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Measles | 120 | 6 | 45 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | . - |
| Whooping Cough | 116 | 8 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 287 | 16 | 81 | 41 | 28 | 52 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
Deaths of notified cases :-Nil.
| Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births j | All Causes | Typhoid Fever | Small-pox | Acute Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | Tuberculosis | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Pneumonia | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years) | Total Deaths under one year | |
| Penge U.D. | 20.84 | 0.48 | 10.32 | - | - | - | 0.40 | - | - | 0.12 | 0.40 | - | 19 |
| England and Wales | *16.7 | *0.39 | *11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.45 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.51 | 3.0 | 32 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 18.7 | 0.47 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.52 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.56 | 3.8 | 37 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931) | 18.0 | 0.40 | 11.6 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.42 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.49 | 2.4 | 30 |
| London County | 18.5 | 0.37 | 12.2 | 0.00 | - | 0.01 | 0.52 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.59 | 1.7 | 29 |
*Rate per 1,000 total population,A (-) signifies that there were no deaths.