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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 1893
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1893
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SCARLET FEVER.
| No. of Cases reported and visited | 1428 |
| Inspector Lapworth | 399 cases |
| „ Weston | 480 „ |
| „ Foot | 609 „ |
| Inspector's reports on Sanitary conditions :— | |
| Premises satisfactory | 639 |
| W.C. no water supply | 56 |
| Internal Drainage defective | 70 |
| External „ „ | 169 |
| Domestic water supply drawn from W.C. cistern | 12 |
| Other general insanitary conditions | 461 |
| No. of cases in families occuping one room | 130 |
| „ „ removed to Hospital | 480 |
| „ „ „ by Inspector Lapworth | 149 cases |
| „ „ „ „ „ Western | 142 „ |
| „ „ „ „ „ Foot | 189 „ |
DIPHTHERIA.
| No of cases reported and visited | 746 |
| Inspector Lapworth | 217 cases |
| „ Weston | 273 „ |
| „ Foot | 256 „ |
| Inspector's reports on sanitary conditions :— | |
| Premises satisfactory | 325 |
| W.C. no water supply | 34 |
| Internal Drainage defective | 50 |
| External „ „ | 120 |
| Domestic water supply drawn from W.C. cistern | 21 |
| Other general insanitary conditions | 198 |
| No. of cases in families occupying one room | 68 |
| „ „ removed to Hospital | 177 |
| „ „ „ by Inspector Lapworth | 68 cases |
| „ „ „ „ „ Weston | 47 „ |
| „ „ „ „ „ Foot | 62 „ |