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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 1954
[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 | 79 | 37 | — |
| Pneumonia | 11 | 2 | 10 (all forms) |
| Poliomyelitis — Non-Paralytic | 1 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | — |
| Measles | 11 | 5 | — |
| Whooping cough | 45 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 269 | — | — |
| Food poisoning | 11 | 5 | — |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | — | — |
No action was necessary under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations 1925, or under section 172, Public Health Act, 1936.
| Total Primary cases notified | Total Cases admitted to Sanatoria and Hospitals | Total Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary (Males) | 40 | 15 | 5 |
| „ (Females) | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 54 | 16 | 6 |
| Non-Pulmonary (Males) | 2 | 16 | — |
| „ „ (Females) | 2 | 2 | - |
| Totals | 4 | 18 | - |
| Two of the deaths from Tuberculosis were of cases which had not been notified. | |||