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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Total Cases Notified | Cases admittedto Hospital | Total Deaths | |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 34 | 5 | — |
Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 13 |
Erysipelas | 4 | - | (all forms) |
- | |||
Measles | 129 | — | — |
Whooping Cough | 34 | — | — |
Dysentery | 30 | — | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — |
Meningococcal Septicaemia | 1 | 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) | 12 | 5 | 1 |
„ (Females) | 5 | 5 | 1 |
17 | 10 | 2 | |
Non-Pulmonary(Males) | — | — | —— |
1 | — | — | |
1 | - | - |
There were eleven recoveries notified.
Age Period | *New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
0—1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1—5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
5—15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
15—25 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | - | - |
25—35 | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
35—45 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | - | — |
45—55 | 6 | — | — | — | 2 | - | - | — |
55—65 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | — | - | - |
65 and up | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | - | — |
TOTAL | 25 | 10 | — | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | — |
* Cases previously notified in other districts and those restored to the
Register are included in these figures.