Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Borough during the year 1920
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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 years | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards | ||
Small Pox | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera (C) Plague (P) | – | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 580 | 13 | 174 | 326 | 50 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
Erysipelas | 133 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 30 | 37 | 15 |
Scarlet Fever | 1070 | 6 | 259 | 723 | 60 | 22 | .. | .. |
Typhus Fever | – | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | – | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | .. | .. |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 7 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 29 | 29 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Acute Polio-encephalitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Malaria | 42 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 31 | 4 | .. |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 105 | 5 | 29 | 36 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 66 | .. | .. | 12 | 9 | 23 | 8 | 3 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 270 | .. | .. | 27 | 52 | 107 | 77 | 7 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 65 | .. | 8 | 36 | 7 | 12 | 2 | .. |
Total | 2394 | 66 | 494 | 1183 | 218 | 270 | 136 | 27 |