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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: TABLE P. Summary of Results in Cases of Cerebko-Spinal Fever and Polio-Myelitis.

TABLE P. Summary of Results in Cases of Cerebko-Spinal Fever and Polio-Myelitis.

Disease.No. of Cases notified.No. of Fatal Cases.Completely recovered.Recovered with Permanent Paralysis.Recovered with Slight Disablement.Result not known.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis19154.........
Polio-Myelitis911511

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TUBERCULOSIS.
The deaths due to Tuberculosis in its various forms
numbered 253, forming 14.34 per cent, of the total
deaths from all causes, which is equal to a death rate of
2.18 per thousand estimated population —approximately
the same as in the previous year. Thirty-two of the
deaths were amongst young children, a mortality of 1.8
per thousand children living. Six infants died from
tubercular disease of the brain and five from other tubercular
diseases.
PULMONARY PHTHISIS.
The deaths from tuberculosis of the lungs (Phthisis)
numbered 194, equal to a mortality rate of 1.68 as
against 1.49 for the whole of London.
NOTIFICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS.
The Local Government Board issued an order
whereby Medical Officers of Health are required to furnish
to the Army Council particulars of all male persons