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Penge 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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WHOOPING COUGH
Cases were notified throughout the year and totalled 56 compared
with the 11 cases the previous year. There were no deaths.
The following table gives the number of children in the district
who received primary injections against whooping cough during the year
ended 3 1st December, 1964:-
Year of birth:- 1950-54 1955-59 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Total
- 4 6 22 45 338 196 611
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis) DURING THE YEAR 1964
| Total cases notified. | Cases admitted to hospital | Total Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 34 | 4 | — |
| Pneumonia | 1 | — | — |
| Measles | 73 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 56 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 7 | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | — | — |
TUBERCULOSIS
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) | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| Pulmonary (Females) | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | |
| Non-Pulmonary (Males) | — | — | — |
| Non-Pulmonary (Females) | — | — | — |
| — | — | — |
There were seven recoveries notified. NEW TUBERCULOSIS CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 19 64
| Age Period | * New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0-1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1-5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5-15 | — | — | -— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15-25 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25-35 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35-45 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 45-55 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 55-65 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 65 and up | 9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 23 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
* Cases previously notified in other districts and those restored to
the Register are included in these figures.
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