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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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TABLE O. Condition of Premises where Cases of Infectious Disease have occurred during 1913.
| Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | 193 | 96 | 4 |
| W.C.'s, or apparatus defective | 21 | 19 | 2 |
| Internal Drainage defective | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| External Drainage defective | 32 | 23 | 1 |
| Minor Insanitary Defects | 168 | 97 | 11 |
| Single Room Tenements | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| Overcrowded | 1 | 2 | - |
SCARLET FEVER.
Deaths 3 (Decennial Average 20).
A mild form of this disease was very prevalent during
the year; 412 cases were notified, all of which, with the
exception of fourteen, were removed to hospital. Six of
the patients so removed were found upon examination not
to be suffering from Scarlet Fever. There were three
deaths, one at home and two in hospital. The case mortality
was 1.17 per cent. as against 1.8 amongst all the
Scarlet Fever cases treated in the M.A.B. Eastern Hospital.
The Inspectors report that the homes of 193 of the
patients were found to be in a satisfactory condition; the
w.c. or the apparatus connected with it was defective in
twenty-one instances, the drains inside the house were