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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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Table: Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during 1932.

Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during 1932.

DiseaseNumber of Cases Notified /Removed to Hospital
Reported __ by RegistrarGeneral.TotalUnder 1 year1 and under 2 years2 and under 3 years3 and under 4 years4 and under 5 years5 and under 10 years10 and under 15 years15 and under 20 years20 and under 25 years25 and under 45 years45 and under 65 years65 and upwards
Smallpox2425.........1...274344...25
Enteric Fever65............1......121......5
Diphtheria (inc. Memb. Croup)35435552133403713944159921351
Scarlet Fever59159043745526326475241691...575
Puerperal Fever22...........................2......2
Puerperal Pyrexia1515........................411......14
Ophthalmia Neonatorum...1919..............................6
Erysipelas96964122...14652834847
Cerebro spinal Fever•••6...11.........211......6
Acute Poliomyelitis...3...2...1........................3
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica..........................................
Acute Polio-encephalitis.............................................
Acute Primary Pneumonia...1313747421128122621674
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia...28...............2214108110
Dysentery•••.......................................
Malaria...1.....................1......
Continued Fever.............................................
Typhus Fever, Cholera, Plague, Relapsing Fever.............................................
Anthrax, Hydrophobia, Glanders.............................................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis...145......11...44252249327*
Other forms of Tuberculosis...392...2...28366721*
Total14603769881041084411519284158104241118

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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 31st December, 1932,
and include several non-residents.
The Council's figures are for cases occurring during the calendar year, and exclude non-residents.