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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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TABLE 0. Condition of Premises where Cases of Infectious Disease occurred during 1914.
| Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | 456 | 234 | 8 | |
| w.C.'s, or apparatus defective | 60 | 39 | 1 | |
| Internal Drainage defective | 8 | 11 | 1 | |
| External Drainage defective | 25 | 12 | 2 | |
| Minor Insanitary Defects | 284 | 113 | 8 | |
| Single Room Tenements | 31 | 20 | 2 | |
| Overcrowded | - | 2 | — | |
SCARLET FEVER.
Deaths 7 (Decennial average, 19).
This disease was prevalent during the year; 655
cases were notified, and (with the exception of 23)
removed to Hospital. Eighteen of the patients so
removed were found upon examination not to be suffering
from Scarlet Fever. There were seven deaths in
Hospital, none at home. The case mortality was 1.07
per cent., as against 1.5 per cent. amongst all the
Scarlet Fever cases treated in the M.A.B. Eascern Hospital.
The Inspectors report that the homes of 456 of
the patients were in a satisfactory condition; the w.c.
or the apparatus connected with it was defective in 60
instances, the drains inside the house were leaky in 8,
and the yard drainage was faulty in 25; minor insanitary