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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: Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during 1931.

Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during 1931.

DiseaseNumber of Cases Notified
Reported _ by Registrar-General.TotalUnder 1year1 and under 2years2 and under 3years3 and under 4years4 and under 5years5 and under10 years10 and under 15years15 and under20 years20 and under25 years25 and under45 years45 and under65 years65 andupwardsRemovedto Hospital
Smallpox1441461...2232825211427194144
Enteric Fever38...11..................1......3
Diphtheria (inc. Memb. Croup)322320722253132130361681012320
Scarlet Fever42843212435423616376271215...1428
Puerperal Fever78........................26......8
Puerperal Pyrexia1515.....................1212......13
Ophthalmia Neonatorum...2323..............................3
Erysipelas979953...13885922211446
Cerebro-spinal Fever ......62...1......2......1......6
Acute Poliomyelitis...1........................1......1
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica ......1...........................1...1
Acute Polio-encephalitis..........................................
Acute PrimaryPneumonia...15581113671681392827981
Acute InfluenzalPneumonia...29...212...1...5...6938
Dysentery...1...............1.....................
Malaria...3...........................21......
Continued Fever..........................................
Typhus Fever, Cholera, Plague, Relapsing Fever..........................................
Anthrax, Hydrophobia, Glanders..........................................
Chickenpox...21412810222910817521......25
Pulmonary Tuberculosis...126.........152181948303*
Other forms of Tuberculosis...45...23131284282...*
Total.........162759739110711447418011581186111361087

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* See particulars as to Sanatorium Treatment in Tuberculosis section.
† The Registrar-General's figures are for notifications received during the 52 weeks ended 2nd January, 1932.
The Council's figures are for cases occurring during the calendar year.