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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 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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| CASES REPORTED. | ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL: | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMALL POX. | FEVERS. | |||||||||||||
| Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Simple Fever. | Admitted. | Discharged | Died. | Remaining | Admitted. | Discharged | Died. | Remaining | |
| January | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| February | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 15 |
| March | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 7 |
| April | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| May | .. | 6 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 7 |
| June | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 |
| July | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 4 | .. | 11 |
| August | 1 | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| September | .. | 12 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| October | 1 | 13 | 5 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| November | .. | 20 | 4 | 10 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| December | 1 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| Totals | 7 | 90 | 14 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 58 | 17 | 15 |