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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 1905
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1905
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TABLE L.
| Measles | caused 48 deaths, | 16.9 per cent., or 1.in | 5.9 deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlatina | „ 27 „ | 9.5 „ „ | 10.5 „ |
| Diphtheria | „ 31 ,, | 10.9 „ „ | 9.2 „ |
| Whooping Cough | „ 50 „ | 17.6 „ „ | 5.7 „ |
| Typhus Fever | „ - „ | - „ „ | - „ |
| Enteric Fever | „ 8 „ | 2.8 „ „ | 35.5 „ |
| Simple Fever | „ 1 „ | 0.3 „ „ | 284.0 „ |
| Diarrhoea | „ 119 „ | 41.9 „ „ | 2.4 „ |
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASE.
The total number of notification certificates received
during the year, including 461 Chicken-pox cases was
1928; of these 103 were duplicates, a proportion of fiveand-one-third
per cent. on the whole number. Three
certificates sent to me in error were forwarded to the
Medical Officers of other Boroughs. The fees for
four certificates were disallowed on the ground of
delay in notification, and six others, which referred to
persons whose addresses could not be traced, were
cancelled.
The certificates relate to a total of 1,825 persons.
Table III. in the appendix indicates the number of
persons suffering from each disease. It also shows the
sub-district in which each person had resided and the
number (1,041) of those removed to hospital.
Table M gives full details of all these.