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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 II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1916.

TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1916.

Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in each Locality of the District.Cases Removed to Hospital.Deaths
At 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.N.E. Sub-dist.S.W. Sub-dist.No home.N.E. Sub-dist.S.W. Sub-dist.
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)383131621811962...184199...17819726
Erysipelas16781012295341149077.........8
Scarlet Fever395101492071810...1172223...1712205
Enteric Fever19122554...118.........2
Puerperal Fever16.........412......412...4116
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis199531...1...910.........10
Poliomyelitis927...............63.........1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3434..................2311............
Pulmonary Tuberculosis3810537781658791931836......194
Other forms of Tuberculosis10161550159514654......59
Measles1,32813180538093......918410...1453419
German Measles76933312...1...2848............
Totals2,9282231,193903180263141251,6841,2386498462330