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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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21
TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of notifications of cases of Tuberculosis
received during the year is set out in the Table
appended hereto.
Owing to duplicate notifications of cases, no deductions
of much value can be drawn from the number
of notifications.
There were 185 deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis,
15 deaths from Tuberculous Meningitis, and 16
deaths from other Tuberculous diseases.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS SUFFERING
FROM TUBERCULOSIS.
119 cases of ex-Service men were registered during
the year. There were 8 deaths amongst these, and 4
removed.
274 visits were paid to these men by the Tuberculosis
Health Visitor.
WORK OF TUBERCULOSIS HEALTH
VISITOR.
This Officer paid 3,194 visits to cases.