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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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TABLE O. Condition of Premises where Cases of Infectious Disease have occurred during 1912.
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | 141 | 125 | 8 |
| W.C.'s or apparatus defective | 12 | 16 | 2 |
| Internal drainage defective | 4 | 2 | - |
| External drainage defective | 21 | 19 | 1 |
| Minor Insanitary defects | 120 | 99 | 16 |
| Single room tenements | 13 | 14 | 3 |
| Overcrowded | 1 | 1 | — |
SCARLET FEVER.
Deaths 2 (Decennial average 22).
The type of this disease throughout the Metropolis
continued to be of the mildest; 282 cases were reported
in Bethnal Green, all of which, with the exception of
twelve, were removed to Hospital; live of the cases so
removed were found to be not suffering from Scarlet
Fever. The case mortality on the remaining 268 was
075 per cent. as against 1.3 amongst all those treated
at the M.A.B. Eastern Hospital. 124 of our cases
were reported from the North East sub-district and 158
from the South West. The Inspectors report that the
houses of 141 of the patients were in fair condition, but
that in twelve instances the W.C., or apparatus
connected with it, was in an unsatisfactory state; the
drainage was defective in 25 instances and minor