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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 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Table: Nursing Assistance, 1931.

Nursing Assistance, 1931.

DiseaseChildren UNDER FIVE yearsMothersOthersTotal Visits
CasesVisitsCasesVisitsCase*Visits...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.....................
Discharging Eyes691114............1114
Measles210............10
Whooping Cough.....................
Diarrhoea.....................
Puerperal Fever and Py— rexia.....................
Other pre.natal and post— natal conditions......37281......281
Otorrhoea, Abscess of Ear20384.........384
Tonsils and Adenoids58189............189
Influenza............197878
Bronchitis325......2631
Pneumonia20228......19110338
Tuberculosis448............48
Intestinal Conditions1045............45
Threadworms53456............456
Septic Umbilicus658............58
Impetigo and Eczema1191.........191
Circumcision533............33
Pemphigus212............12
Septic arm, leg, etc.2is............18
Miscellaneous128511616107
Totals273289638297412003393

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11 cases were in hand at the beginning of the year.
11 cases were in hand at the end of the year.
A total of 3,393 visits was paid to 352 cases at a cost of £226 4s. Od.
PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL
PYREXIA.
Eight cases of Puerperal Fever were reported during
the year. One of the patients was also suffering from
Smallpox and was treated in the Joyce Green Hospital,
2 in Bethnal Green Hospital, and the remaining 5 cases
in the London Hospital. There were 3 deaths from
the disease.
Fifteen cases were notified as Puerperal Pyrexia.
Two of the patients were treated at home; the others
at the following Hospitals:—London (3), Mothers. (3),