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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 1920

Report on the health of the Borough during the year 1920

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Table: Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during the Year 1920 in Bethnal Green.

Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during the Year 1920 in Bethnal Green.

Disease.Number of Cases Notified.
All Ages.At Ages—Years.
Under 1.1 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years15 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 Membranous Croup)58013174326501511
Erysipelas133971718303715
Scarlet Fever107062597236022....
Typhus Fever–..............
Enteric Fever5......23....
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C)–..............
Puerperal Fever10......37....
Cerebro-spinal Fever734..........
Acute Poliomyelitis3111........
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica6....4..2....
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2929............
Acute Polio-encephalitis1....1........
Dysentery1........1....
Malaria42......7314..
Acute Primary Pneumonia10552936101771
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia66....1292383
Pulmonary Tuberculosis270....2752107777
Other forms of Tuberculosis65..8367122..
Total239466494118321827013627