Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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Disease | Total Cases notified | Cases admitted to Hospitals | Total Deaths |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 33 | — | |
Pneumonia | 12 | 1 | 19 (all forms) |
Meningococcal Infection | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Erysipelas | 8 | — | — |
Measles | 71 | — | — |
Whooping Cough | 127 | 3 | — |
Dysentery | 169 | 3 | — |
Tuberculosis.
No action was necessary under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or under Sec. 172, Public Health Act, 1936.
Total Primary cases notified | Total Cases admitted to Sanatoria and Hospitals | Total Deaths | |
---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary (Males) | 13 | 21 | 7 |
„ (Females) | 12 | 17 | — |
Totals | 25 | 38 | 7 |
Non-Pulmonary (Males) | 2 | - | - |
,, ,, (Females) | 4 | 2 | — |
Totals | 6 | 2 | — |
All of the deaths from Tuberculosis were of cases which had been notified. |