London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1900
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of Bethnal Green during the year 1900
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| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15- | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | North. | South. | East. | North. | South. | East. | ||
| Small-pox | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 385 | 6 | 177 | 142 | 33 | 26 | 1 | 174 | 101 | 110 | 138 | 78 | 73 |
| Membranous croup | 14 | — | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 240 | 14 | '5 | 27 | 27 | 127 | 30 | 86 | 57 | 97 | 14 | 11 | 13 |
| Scarlet fever | 369 | 6 | 155 | 177 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 134 | 139 | 96 | 82 | 88 | 59 |
| Enteric fever | 153 | — | 7 | 54 | 53 | 39 | — | 55 | 50 | 48 | 49 | 41 | 43 |
| Continued fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 8 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | 7 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1,174 | 26 | 363 | 407 | 142 | 204 | 32 | 463 | 352 | 359 | 289 | 220 | 191 |