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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 1911
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1911 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLE N. Condition of Premises wherein Cases of Infectious Disease have occurred during 1911.
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | 144 | 122 | 19 | |
| W.C.'s or apparatus defective | 17 | 23 | 2 | |
| Internal drainage defective | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
| External drainage defective | 14 | 9 | — | |
| Minor Insanitary defects | 99 | 80 | 15 | |
| Single room tenements | 11 | 17 | 3 | |
| Overcrowded | 1 | 2 | — | |
SCARLET FEVER.
Deaths 6. (Decennial average 26),
The type of Scarlet Fever prevalent during the
year was of a very simple character, and in most
instances without complication. Two hundred and
forty-two cases were reported and all except II were
removed to hospital, where six of them died. The
cases treated at home were of such a mild type as to
raise some doubt as to the correctness of the notification
certificate, but, as in no case was the characteristic
rash visible at the time of my visit, I was unable either
to confirm or to deny the diagnosis. The isolation in
each case kept at home was fairly satisfactory ; all of