Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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SICK CASES. | OTHER CASES | TOTAL | |||||||
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Men | Women | Children 3-16 | Children under 3 | Men | Women | Children 3-16 | Children under 3 |
Numbers excluding Casuals and persons in receipt of Medical Relief only. | Persons in receipt of Medical Relief only | |||||||
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Men | Women | Children under 16 | Total Persons | Total Cases | Able-bodied men | Men set to work or training included in Column |
Beds | No. of new Out-patients | Out-patients Attendances | No. ofIn-patients | Average duration Inpatient treatment (days) |
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No. of Out-Patients. | Out-Patients' Attendances. | Visits to Patients' Homes |
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Somerford Street. | Bishops Road. |
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Males | Females | TOTAL | Birth Rate |
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Males | Females | TOTAL | Death Rate |
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Males | Females | Total persons | Structurally separate dwellings | Total families (separate occupiers) |
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Cause of Death. | AllAges | Number of Deaths of residents at various ages, whether occurring within or without the Borough | |||||||||||
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Under 1year | 1and under2years | 2 and under 5years | 5and under 15years | 15 and under25 years | 25 and under35 1 years | 35 and under 45years | 45 and under55 years | 55 and under6.'. years | 65 and under75 years | 75 and upwards |
Causes of Death | Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | 4 weeks & under 3 months | 3 months & under 6 months | 6 months & under 9 Months | 9 months & under 12 months | Total Deaths under 1 year | Rate per 1,000 Births |
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M. | F. | Total. |
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Year | Popula-tion Estimated toMiddleofEach Year | Births | Total Deaths Regis-tered inthe Borough | Transferable Deaths | Net Deaths Resident in | of Persons the Borough | |||||
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Uncorrected Number | Net | OfNon-residentsregisteredinthe Borough | OfResidentsnotregisteredinthe Borough | AtallAges | Under 1year ofAge | ||||||
Number | Birth Rate | Number | Death rate | Number | Rate per1,000 births or infan-tile mortality |
Places from which bodies were brought to the Mortuary in connection with Inquests. |
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Visits. | Re-visits. |
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Ante-Natal Clinics | Children's Clinics |
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1931 | |||
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Cornwall Road. | Thornton Hall. | Hereford Street. |
1931. | 1930. | 1929. | 1928. | 1927. |
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Particulars of attendances: | Total. |
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Disease | Children UNDER FIVE years | Mothers | Others | Total Visits |
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Age Groups | Number Examined | CLOTHING AND BOOTS | NUTRITION | CLEANLINESS OF HEAD | CLEANLINESS OF BODY | TEETH | VISION | |||||||||||||
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Good | Fair | Poor | Good | Average | Below normal | Bad | Clean | Nits | Pediculi | Clean | Dirty | Pediculi | All sound | Less than 4 decayed | 4 or more decayed . | 6,6 in both eyes | 6/9 in either or both eyes | 6/12 or worse in either or both eyes |
BOYS | GIRLS | |||||||||||||||
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Entrants | Age 8 | Age 12 | Age 14 | Entrants | Age 8 | Age 12 | Age 14 | |||||||||
Number examined | 1090 | 976 | 773 | 616 | 1207 | 977 | 960 | 712 | ||||||||
Cases | * | Cases | * Cases | • | Cases | * | Cases | * | Cases | # | Cases | * | Cases . |
Disease | Number of Cases Notified | ||||||||||||||
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Reported _ by Registrar-General. | Total | Under 1year | 1 and under 2years | 2 and under 3years | 3 and under 4years | 4 and under 5years | 5 and under10 years | 10 and under 15years | 15 and under20 years | 20 and under25 years | 25 and under45 years | 45 and under65 years | 65 andupwards | Removedto Hospital |
0—1 | 1—2 | 2—3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15 2020 -25 | 25—45 45—65 | 65- | Total |
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Registration Sub. Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officer.s District. | No. of Births from 1st Jan. to31st Dec., 1930. | Number of these Births duly entered by 31st Jan., 1932. | No. of Births which on 31st Jan.. 1932, remained unentered in the Vaccination Register on account of— | No. of these births remainingon 31st Jan., 1932, not accounted for | Total No. ot Certificates of successfulPrimary Vaccination of children under 14 received during Calendar Year 1931. | No. of Declarations of Conscientious Objection actually received by Vaccination Officer during the Calendar Year 1931. | ||||||
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Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | HadSmallpox. | Declarations of conscientious objection received. | Died Unvacci. nated. | Postponement by Medical Certificate | Removal to Districts, V.O. of which apprised. | Removal to places unknown and cases not found. |
Pulmonary | Non.Pulmonary | Total |
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Age of Patient | Tuberculosis of the Lungs | Other Tuberculosis | ||||
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Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total |
Pulmonary | Non.Pulmonary |
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Poor Law Institutions | Sanatoria | |||
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C | D | C | D |
Pulmonary | Non.Pulmonary | Total | |||
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Males | Females | Males | Females |
Samples taken formally Samples taken informally | |||||||
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Article | No. taken | Genuine | Adulterated | No. taken | Genuine | Adulterated | Total number of samples taken |
Article | Samples taken formally Samples taken informally | ||||||
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I No. taken | Genuine | Adulterated 1 | No. taken | Genuine | Adulterated | Total number of Samples taken |
Year | No. of samples Examined | Percentage of adulteration |
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Year | No. of milks Examined | Percentage adulterated |
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Sample No. | Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act. |
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Article | No. of Sample | Offence |
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Article. | No. ofSample. | Offence |
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Nature of Visit | Totals |
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Premises | Number of | ||
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Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions |
Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | ||
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Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector |
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number |
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Class | Number |
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Nature of Work | OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107 | *Outworkers in unwholesome premises,Section 108 | Outwork in infected premises, Sections 109,110 | ||||||||||||||
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Lists received from Employers | Addresses of Outworkers | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists | Prosecutions | Instances | Notices served | Prosecutions | Instances | Orders made (s. 110) | Prosecutions (s. 109, 110) | ||||||||
Sending twice in the year | Sending once in the year | Failing to keep or per-mit inspection of lists | Failing to send lists | ||||||||||||||
Lists | Outworkers | Lists | Outworkers | Received from other Councils | Forwarded to other Councils | ||||||||||||
Contractors | Workmen | Contractors | Workmen . |
Date of Hearing. | Offence. | Officer | Result |
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Date of Hearing. | Offence. | Officer. | Result |
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Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Previous to 1926 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B plus | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B plus) | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class | T.B. Plus) |
Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the Return relates | Previous to 1926 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bones and Joints | Abdominal | Other Organs | Peripheral Glands | Total | Bones and Joints | Abdominal | Other Organs | Peripheral Glands | Total | Bones and Joints | Abdominal | Other Organs | Peripheral Glands | Total | Bones and Joints | Abdominal | Other Organs | Peripheral Glands | Total | Bones and Joints | Abdominal | Other Organs | Peripheral Glands | Total | Bones and Joints | Abdominal | Other Organs | Peripheral Glands | Total | Bones and Joints | Abdominal | Other Organs | Peripheral Glands | Total |
Diagnosis. | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Total | Grand Total | |||||||||
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Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children |
1. The Totals of New Cases. |
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Total. | Tuberculous. |
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Diagnosis. | Adults. | Children under 15. | Total. | ||
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Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. |