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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 1902
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1902
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Summary of Cases of Mistaken Diagnosis treated in the Board's Hospitals during 1899, 1900 and 1901.
| Parish or Union. | No. of Cases Admitted. | Percentage of Mistakes to Total Cases. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | |
| Kensington | 33 | 51 | 43 | 5˙6 | 8˙3 | 6˙8 |
| Hammersmith | 24 | 26 | 24 | 7˙3 | 5˙5 | 5˙3 |
| Fulham | 53 | 70 | 73 | 4˙2 | 6˙5 | 6˙6 |
| Paddington | 18 | 28 | 38 | 3˙8 | 7˙3 | 5˙5 |
| Chelsea | 25 | 22 | 19 | 5˙9 | 6˙0 | 8˙2 |
| St. George's | 16 | 31 | 30 | 3˙4 | 7˙8 | 8˙7 |
| Westminster | 13 | 15 | 24 | 7˙9 | 9˙4 | 13˙2 |
| St. Pancras | 30 | 46 | 39 | 5˙7 | 8˙0 | 7˙3 |
| St. Marylebone | 66 | 70 | 115 | 5˙5 | 6˙2 | 7˙0 |
| Hampstead | 12 | 15 | 10 | 4˙8 | 6˙3 | 4˙3 |
| Islington | 131 | 88 | 112 | 8˙0 | 6˙8 | 6˙7 |
| Hackney | 111 | 93 | 157 | 8˙9 | 8˙1 | 9˙6 |
| Bloomsbury | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5˙5 | 5˙3 | 5˙9 |
| Strand | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4˙4 | 10˙6 | 12˙7 |
| Holborn | 75 | 37 | 72 | 8˙5 | 6˙9 | 7˙3 |
| City of London | 14 | 5 | 13 | 13˙4 | 4˙5 | 9˙3 |
| Shoreditch | 81 | 74 | 119 | 12˙0 | 11˙9 | 14˙4 |
| Bethnal Green | 44 | 55 | 82 | 8˙2 | 10˙4 | 8˙4 |
| Whitechapel | 49 | 75 | 82 | 13˙6 | 12˙4 | 16˙1 |
| St. George in the East | 17 | 29 | 36 | 10˙4 | 13˙2 | 14˙0 |
| Stepney | 17 | 39 | 66 | 6˙2 | 11˙7 | 14˙7 |
| Mile End Old Town | 27 | 36 | 58 | 6˙4 | 8˙6 | 12˙6 |
| Poplar | 49 | 60 | 131 | 8˙4 | 7˙3 | 13˙1 |
| Southwark | 126 | 115 | 173 | 6˙5 | 7˙7 | 9˙8 |
| St. Olave's | 76 | 88 | 130 | 5˙9 | 10˙4 | 11˙0 |
| Lambeth | 70 | 106 | 132 | 4˙4 | 7˙9 | 10˙1 |
| Wandsworth and Clapham | 108 | 122 | 122 | 4˙9 | 7˙6 | 7˙5 |
| Camberwell | 94 | 124 | 156 | 5˙7 | 9˙8 | 9˙0 |
| Greenwich | 66 | 58 | 125 | 4˙8 | 6˙4 | 10.5 |
| Woolwich | 42 | 37 | 63 | 3˙7 | 4˙0 | 11˙0 |
| Lewisham | 52 | 48 | 55 | 6˙0 | 6˙5 | 9˙3 |
| Tottenham | 33 | 27 | 48 | 10˙6 | 7˙4 | 9˙4 |
| Extra Metropolitan | 4 | 3 | – | 6˙0 | 18˙2 | – |
| Totals | 1,583 | 1,706 | 2,365 | 6˙3 | 7˙9 | 9˙2 |