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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
Bethnal Green 1910
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1910 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1910.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Number of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | North Last. | South West. | North East. | South West. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 181 | 8 | 98 | 65 | 8 | — | 87 | 94 | 85 | 91 | 176 | |
| Erysipelas | 174 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 103 | 19 | 80 | 94 | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 236 | 5 | 92 | 128 | 8 | 3 | — | 134 | 102 | 127 | 95 | 222 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Enteric Fever | 108 | - | 7 | 29 | 28 | 44 | 47 | 61 | 44 | 55 | 99 | |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | - | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Epidemic Cerebro | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
| Meningitis Anthrax | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 721 | 25 | 203 | 238 | 73 | 163 | 19 | 357 | 364 | 262 | 254 | 516 |