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 1904
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1904
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APPENDIX C. Infectious Disease.
| Month. | Inspections in connection with cases. | No. of Persons Removed. | Total No. of Rooms and Houses Disinfected. | No. of Disinfections by Request. | No. of Cases in which Shelter Used. | No. of Persons Accommodated in Shelter. | Total No. of Days Shelter in Use. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63 | 72 | 9 | - | - | - | |
| February | 81 | 72 | 106 | 4 | l | 6 | 121 |
| March | 145 | 114 | 165 | 5 | 13 | 50 | 87 |
| April | 223 | 78 | 111 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| May | 158 | 91 | 141 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 67 |
| June | 190 | 100 | 165 | 73 | 3 | 9 | 85 |
| July | 151 | 95 | 118 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| August | 149 | 96 | 114 | 8 | — | — | — |
| September | 173 | 118 | 147 | 11 | - | — | — |
| October | 150 | 109 | 120 | 2 | - | — | — |
| November | 144 | 96 | 107 | 4 | — | — | — |
| December | 106 | 73 | 103 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 1,733 | 1,097 | 1,469 | 161 | 27 I | 94 | 394 |