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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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TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1915.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases Notified. | Total cases notified in each locality (e.g., Parish ward) of the district) | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages-Years. | |||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 and under 5years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||
| Northeast sub-dist. | South-west Sub-dist. | North-east Sub-dist. | Southwest Sub-dist. | |||||||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 515 | 19 | 189 | 272 | 27 | 6 | 2 | - | 237 | 278 | 232 | 276 |
| Erysipelas | 197 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 49 | 61 | 22 | 84 | 113 | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 775 | 10 | 253 | 467 | 35 | 10 | - | - | 218 | 557 | 220 | 551 |
| Enteric Fever | 16 | - | - | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | - | _ | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 24 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| Poliomvelitis | 7 | - | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 27 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 14 | - | - |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 371 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 89 | 154 | 79 | 12 | 174 | 197 | - | - |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 131 | 6 | 30 | 52 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 53 | 78 | - | - |
| Chicken Pox | 299 | 23 | 143 | 129 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 125 | 174 | - | - |
| Anthrax | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Totals | 2,372 | 100 | 647 | 975 | 212 | 249 | 153 | 36 | 933 | 1,439 | 478 [Total | 946 1,324] |