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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 1914
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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APPENDIX N (1). Rooms and Bedding disinfected during the Year ending 31st Dec., 1914.
| Month. | Scarlet Fever. | D phtheria. | Enteric and Ty phoid. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Verminous, | Cancer. | Erysipelas. | Scabies. | Measles. | Chicken Pox. | Puerperal Fever. | By Request. | Schools. | Total. | No. of Articles Disinfected at Station. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 14 | - | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 66 | 1382 | |
| February | 15 | 37 | — | 16 | 6 | - | l | 12 | - | — | - | - | — | 87 | 1074 | |
| March | 21 | 28 | 2 | 16 | 8 | - | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | 5 | — | 94 | 1142 | |
| April | 30 | 37 | - | 10 | 22 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | - | - | 2 | — | 108 | 2144 | |
| May | 36 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 32 | - | — | 15 | 1 | — | - | - | — | 129 | 2263 | |
| June | 49 | 24 | 1 | 13 | 11 | - | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | 107 | 1582 | |
| July | 39 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 21 | — | — | 12 | 3 | - | — | 6 | — | 114 | 2300 | |
| August | 65 | 29 | 3 | 15 | 19 | - | - | 8 | — | - | - | — | — | 139 | 1717 | |
| September | 97 | 35 | 3 | 13 | 6 | - | — | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 174 | 2170 | |
| October | 98 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 11 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | — | — | 158 | 13179 | |
| November | 86 | 30 | — | 4 | 11 | — | - | 5 | 1 | — | - | — | — | 137 | 12544 | |
| December | 76 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 5 | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | — | 133 | 6359 | |
| Totals | 624 | 354 | 14 | 125 | 154 | 2 | 5 | 101 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1446 | 47856 | |
Articles disinfected in Formalin Chamber, Articles of Clothing from Variolas Schools, T.W.D.C., 15226 . Other articles such as Boots and
Fancy Materials, 6,586.
20 men had a bath and clothing disinfected at Station.