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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 II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1914.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. (e.g., Parish orWard) of the District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5 years. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||||
| 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||
| 1 Northeast. | 2 Southwest. | Northeast. | Southwest. | |||||||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 380 | 19 | 167 | 161 | 27 | 4 | 2 | - | 199 | 181 | 180 | 176 |
| Erysipelas | 304 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 57 | 108 | 79 | 20 | 165 | 139 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 655 | 12 | 234 | 368 | 33 | 8 | — | — | 416 | 229 | 399 | |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 18 | — | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | - | - | _ | _ | _ | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | — | - | — | 1 | 8 | - | — | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 2 | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | - | - | — | 2 | _ | 2 | _ |
| Poliomyelitis | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | - | - | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 39 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | _ | 23 | 16 | 3 | _ |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 347 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 72 | 149 | 75 | 5 | 160 | 187 | — | - |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 120 | 3 | 20 | 61 | 22 | 11 | 3 | - | 51 | 69 | — | — |
| Totals | 1,881 | 95 | 455 | 636 | 216 | 293 | 161 | 25 | 854 | 1027 | 424 | 592 |
| [Total, 1,016 | ||||||||||||