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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 1915
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1915 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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| Month. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Tuberculosis. | Scabies. | Enteric and Thy phoid. Fever. | Cancer. | Small Pox, | Try sipelas. | Measles. | Puerperal Fever. | Verminous Premies. | By Request. | Anthrax. | Cerebro-Spinal Fever. | Chicken Pox. | Lupus. | Schools. | Total. | No. of Articles Disinfected at Station. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 4 | l | l | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 112 | 4088 |
| February | 58 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | (Case returned not S.P.) | 2 | — | — | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 131 | 4853 |
| March | 58 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | l | — | — | 120 | 2821 | ||
| April | 39 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 5 | 3 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 105 | 2979 | |
| May | 41 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 107 | 2400 | |
| June | 55 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 21 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 141 | 2225 | |
| July | 69 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 139 | 2242 | |
| August | 105 | 51 | 27 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 26 | — | — | 1 | — | — | __ | 216 | 2510 | |
| September | 144 | 53 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | 218 | 3686 | |
| October | 83 | 65 | 15 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 179 | 3182 | |
| November | 75 | 60 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 8 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 161 | 2542 | |
| December | 37 | 54 | 13 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 124 | 1813 | |
| Totals | 810 | 527 | 148 | 73 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 100 | 39 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1753 | 35341 |
Rooms disinfected during 1915, 1753. Articles of Bedding destroyed, 76. Articles disinfected in Formalin Chamber, such as Boots and
fancy Materials, 3937. 18 men had a bath and clothes disinfected at Station. Wards disinfected at the Military Hospital, 11 Palliasses.
Pillows and Bolsters disinfected at the Military Hospital, 123. Army Clothing Disinfected, Coats, Trousers, Belts, Water Bottle Covers, &c .
from the R.E. (T.F.) Depot, Victoria Park Square, 1389.