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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 1907
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1907 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1907.
| 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. | All Ages..Years, | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | North East. | South West. | North East. | South West. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including | ||||||||||||
| Membranous croup) | 290 | 11 | 141 | 108 | 21 | 9 | ... | 137 | 153 | 130 | 146 | 276 |
| Erysipelas | 247 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 32 | 136 | 26 | 104 | 143 | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet fever | 1288 | 15 | 451 | 719 | 84 | 19 | ... | 532 | 756 | 519 | 720 | 1239 |
| Typhus fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Enteric fever | 55 | ... | 5 | 18 | 20 | 12 | ... | 25 | 30 | 23 | 27 | 50 |
| Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Epidemic Cerebrospinal | ||||||||||||
| Meningitis | 8 | 3 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | ... | 6 | 6 |
| Totals | 1894 | 41 | 619 | 867 | 161 | 180 | 26 | 802 | 1902 | 674 | 901 | 1575 |
Notes. . .The localities adopted for this table are the same as those in Tables II. and IV.
Isolation Hospitals .. Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals.