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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 1923
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1923
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Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified During the Year 1923 in Bethnal Green.
| Disease | Number of Cases Notified. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 489 | 16 | 184 | 227 | 44 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 79 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 9 |
| Scarlet Fever | 316 | 7 | 137 | 153 | 16 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 14 | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 23 | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 163 | 6 | 45 | 41 | 20 | 28 | 17 | 6 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 27 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 263 | ... | 10 | 16 | 42 | 90 | 79 | 26 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 60 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | ... |
| Cholera, Plague, Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever, Trench Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Anthrax | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Hydrophobia, Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 1455 | 57 | 399 | 484 | 148 | 190 | 130 | 47 |