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 1912
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1912 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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| Nature of Disease. | No. of Certificates received. | Duplicate Certificates received. | Actual number ofcases reported. | Treatedat Home. | Removed to M. A. B. Hospitals. | Treated atother Hospitals and Infirmary. | Diagnosis incorrect. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 221 | 10 | 211 | 9 | 194 | 8 | 9 |
| Membranous Croup | 9 | — | 9 | — | 9 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 294 | 12 | 282 | 12 | 268 | 2 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 243 | 53 | 190 | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 31 | 1 | 30 | — | 14 | 15 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 36 | 8 | 28 | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 6 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 19 | 3 | 16 | 2 | — | 14 | — |
| Polio-Myelitis | 8 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 867 | 88 | 779 | 23 | 485 | 39 | 15 |