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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 1896
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1896
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The death rate from these seven Zymotic diseases was 4.2 against
3.4 in 1895, while the corresponding rates for London were 2.6 in
1895 and 2.1 in 1896. Table "F" shews the percentage of Zymotic
deaths from each disease as compared with the total number of
Zymotic Deaths.
TABLE F.
| Measles | 27.24 per cent., or 1 in 3.67 deaths. | |
| Scarlatina | 7.31 „ „ 13.67 ,, | |
| Diphtheria | 14.07 „ „ 7.10 ,, | |
| Whooping Cough | 27.60 „ „ 3.62 ,, | |
| Enteric Fever | 3.83 „ „ 26.05 „ | |
| Diarrhœa | 19.92 „ „ 5.01 | |
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
A total of 2,305 notification certificates has been forwarded to me
by Medical gentlemen practising in this neighbourhood; copies of
all these certificates have been duly forwarded to the Asylums
Board day by day as received, but 167 of the certificates were duplicate
notifications, that is to say, the same case was reported by
more than one Medical Man.
The Head Teachers of Schools have been notified as required by
law.
Table (B) K2II in the Appendix shows the part of the parish in
which the residence of the sick person was situated, and table "G"
gives particulars of the number of oases month by month, together
with the Hospital admissions and discharges.