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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 1921

Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1921

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Table: Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified During the Year 1921 in Bethnal Green.

Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified During the Year 1921 in Bethnal Green.

DiseaseNumber of Cases Notified.
All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5 years5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and upwards.
Small Pox........................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)*5652422426637113...
Erysipelas9536131015435
Scarlet Fever†996123635466213......
Typhus fever........................
Enteric Fever4............31...
Puerperal Fever10.........19......
Cerebro-spinal Fever312...............
Acute Poliomyelitis........................
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica12...13134...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3838..................
Acute Polio encephalitis1...1...............
Dysentery........................
Malaria4............4......
Acute Primary Pneumonia151543292033183
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia13...11722...
Pulmonary Tuberculosis244...52049946313
Other forms of Tuberculosis482329842...
Cholera, Plague, Relapsing Fever........................
Continued Fever, Trench Fever........................
Glanders, Anthrax, Hydrophobia........................
Total21848564990719519113621