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Penge 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]

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Table: NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (Other than Tuberculosis) during the year 1952.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (Other than Tuberculosis) during the year 1952.

DiseaseTotal Cases notifiedCases admitted to HospitalsTotal Deaths
Scarlet Fever3323—
Pneumonia12119 (all forms)
Meningococcal Infection442
Erysipelas8——
Measles71——
Whooping Cough1273—
Dysentery1693—

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Tuberculosis.

Table: No action was necessary under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or under Sec. 172, Public Health Act, 1936.

No action was necessary under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or under Sec. 172, Public Health Act, 1936.

Total Primary cases notifiedTotal Cases admitted to Sanatoria and HospitalsTotal Deaths
Pulmonary (Males)13217
„ (Females)1217—
Totals25387
Non-Pulmonary (Males)2--
,, ,, (Females)42—
Totals62—
All of the deaths from Tuberculosis were of cases which had been notified.