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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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Whooping Cough
Cases were notified throughout the year and totalled 133 compared with
69 cases the previous year. There were no deaths.
It is hoped that with the increased use of vaccine against this disease it will
decline.
The following table gives the number of children in the district who received primary injections against whooping cough during the year ended 31st December, 1958: —
| Year of Birth: | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 48 | 284 | 554 |
| Verminous rooms disinfested | 102 |
| Rooms fumigated | 12 |
| Mattresses disinfected | 6 |
| Blankets and sheets disinfected | 7 |
| Pillows disinfected | 3 |
| Miscellaneous articles disinfected | 2 |
| Total Cases Notified | Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 20 | — | |
| Pneumonia | 12 | 2 | 28 |
| (all forms) | |||
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | |
| Measles | 155 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 133 | 1 | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 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 Sanitoria and Hospitals | Total Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary (Males) | 13 | 10 | — |
| „ (Females) | 10 | 4 | — |
| 23 | 14 | — |