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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 1913
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1913 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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DEATHS FROM NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
During the year 1913 no additional disease was included
in the list of those already notifiable under Section
55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. The following
table indicates the locality (hospital or home) of the
deaths, and includes Measles and Whooping Cough, cases
of which are now admitted to the hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board although the diseases are not
notifiable. No death was recorded from any of the notifiable
diseases other than those included in the following
table.
TABLE K.
| Disease. | Deaths at Home. | Deaths in Hospitals. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Enteric Fever | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Measles | 30 | 29 | 59 |
| Polio-Myelitis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0 | 2 | 2 |