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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 1916
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1916
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TABLE O. Condition op Premises where Cases of Infectious Diseases have occurred during 1916.
| Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Enteric. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | 160 | 172 | 9 |
| W.C.'s or Apparatus defective | 32 | 55 | 5 |
| Internal Drainage defective | 3 | 11 | ... |
| External Drainage defective | 1 | 4 | ... |
| Minor Insanitary defects | 135 | 145 | 7 |
| Single Room Tenements | 17 | 19 | ... |
| Overcrowded | 2 | 3 | ... |
SCARLET FEVER.
Deaths 5. (Decennial average, 15.5.)
This disease was prevalent in a mild form during
the year. 395 cases were notified and (with the exception
of four) removed to hospital. Twenty of the patients
so removed were found upon further examination not to
be suffering from Scarlet Fever. There were five deaths,
all in hospital. The case mortality was 1.3 per cent., as
against 2.2 per cent, amongst the total Scarlet Fever
cases treated in the M.A.B. Eastern Hospital.
DIPHTHERIA.
Deaths 26. (Decennial average, 22.7.)
Diphtheria was notified in 390 cases. Seven of the
certificates were duplicates, eight of the cases were
treated at home where two of them died, 375 were