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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 1922
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1922
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No. of Notifications on Forms C. & D.
| Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | D | C | D | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis— | ||||
| Male | 54 | 69 | 123 | 81 |
| Female | 24 | 35 | 43 | 28 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis— | ||||
| Male | 6 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| Female | 4 | – | 4 | 8 |
C = upon admission.
D = upon discharge.
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1921.
During the year the names of 268 patients were
removed from the Tuberculosis Register as follows:—
Deaths 203
Removals 65
Of the 65 patients who removed from the Borough,
it was possible in 25 instances to obtain the new
address of the patient, and these cases were duly
transferred to the Medical Officer of Health of the
district to which the patient had removed.
Three cases were added to the register of patients
who were reported by other Councils to have removed
into this Borough.
SOLDTERS AND SAILORS SUFFERING FROM
TUBERCULOSIS.
Two hundred and twenty-three ex-Service men
were under observation during the year. There were