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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 1932

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

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voluntary organisation, the Shoreditch and Bethnal
Green Nursing Association.
During the year 312 children under the age of 5
were nursed, a total of 3,235 visits being made.
34 mothers received 396 visits for nursing in
connection with conditions incidental to child-bearing.

Table: Nursing Assistance, 1932.

Nursing Assistance, 1932.

DiseaseChildren UNDER FIVE yearsMothersOthersTotal Visits
CasesVisitsCasesVisitsCasesVisits
Ophthalmia Neonatorum111............11
Discharging Eyes59797............797
Measles14184......15189
Whooping Cough...2•••.........2
Diarrheœa.....................
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia......15......5
Other pre-natal and postnatal conditions......33391......391
Otorrhoea. Abscess of Ear33546............546
Tonsils and Adenoids59226............226
Influenza12......10103105
Bronchitis647............47
Pneumonia10166......14223389
Tuberculosis323............23
Intestinal Conditions417............17
Threadworms55464............464
Septic Umbilicus32328.........328
Impetigo and Eczema5128............128
Circumcision430............30
Septic arm, leg. etc.17154............154
Miscellaneous9110.......17117
Totals312323534396263383969

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11 cases were in hand at the beginning of the year.
5 cases were in hand at the end of the year.
PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL
PYREXIA.
Two cases of Puerperal Fever were reported during
the year. The patients were treated : 1 in Bethnal