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Bethnal Green 1927

Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1927

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SUMMARY FOR YEAR. Rooms, Bedding and Clothing Disinfected during the Year ending 31st December, 1927.

MonthNumber of RoomsTotal No. of Articles
Scarlet FeverDipththeriaSmallpoxEnteric FeverErysipelasPneumoniaPulmonary TuberculosisMeaslesCancerScabiesVerminous ConditionsOther ConditionsTotal No. of Rooms
January4464..1..1162..31061472280
February3259....1110..44731211442
March4846........19..••41051322055
April5243........13......3121411333
May3625......••3..128241531098
June3433......19..213111121211
July7021....2..9....31771291419
August6123....1..6......6141561154
September5733..1..14..243771461175
October6141........18..552331561685
November4940..1....6..2119141322200
December4729........8321941033286
Totals591457..3441215182833760162820338

No. of articles destroyed by request 180
Articles disinfected in Formalin Chamber, such as boots, boxes, etc. (included in 20,338 above) 1,250
In addition, 610 library books were disinfected.