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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 1919

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1919

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Table: Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during the Year 1919.

Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during the Year 1919.

disease.Number of Cases Notified.
AllAges.At Ages—Years.
Under 1.1 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and upwards.
Small Pox1.........1.........
Cholera (C) Plague (P)........................
Diphtheria (including Membraneous Croup)5521220528633151...
Erysipelas1646123318414311
Scarlet Fever3939127230234......
Typhus Fever1............1......
Enteric Fever4...1...21......
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C)........................
Puerperal Fever9.........18......
Cerebro-spinal Fever33..................
Acute Poliomyelitis2...11............
Encephalitis Lethargica61...31...1...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3131..................
Measles4694525016761......
German Measles573193311......
*Chicken Pox652312921......
Pulmonary Tuberculosis254...62954916113
Other forms of Tuberculosis65113291111......
Total2,07611366584015317510624

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*Chicken Pox was only notifiable from the 14th June to 14th July, and the 2nd August to 2nd September.