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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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No. of Notifications on Forms C. & D.
| Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | D | C | D | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis— | ||||
| Male | 46 | 32 | 102 | 69 |
| Female | 18 | 40 | 45 | 39 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis— | ||||
| Male | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 |
| Female | 6 | 2 | 21 | 4 |
C = upon admission.
D = upon discharge.
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1921.
During the year the names of 222 patients were
removed from the Tuberculosis Register as follows : —
Deaths ... ... 170
Removals ... ... 52
Of the 52 patients who removed from the
Borough, it was possible in 16 instances to obtain the
new address of the patient, and these cases were duly
transferred to the Medical Officer of Health of the
district to which the patient had removed.
Eight cases were added to the register of patients
who were reported by other Councils to have removed
into this Borough.
EX-SOLDIERS AND SAILORS SUFFERING
FROM TUBERCULOSIS.
Two hundred and fourteen ex-Service men were
under observation during the year. There were 9