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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 1924

Special report on an outbreak of Typhoid Fever in the Borough of Bethnal Green in 1924

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Table: Rooms, Bedding and Clothing Disinfected during the Year ending 31st December, 1924.

Rooms, Bedding and Clothing Disinfected during the Year ending 31st December, 1924.

Month.Number of Rooms.Total No. of Articles.
Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Smallpox.Verminous Conditions.Cancer.Scabies.Measles.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Pneumonia.Other Conditions.Total No. of Rooms.
January195116...2...15......3...971576
February313513...6...............11871629
March253221...4...142......2911434
April ...273419...141...1......1...971526
May30537...52...............351501552
June345515...53......22......41651381
July453913...602...2...1......1621908
August433715...29..................11252252
September584410...29...1...2......21461612
October666921...123......55......72332704
November334713...10.........141...21201945
December43629...91......5......11301842
Totals454558172...2807314802825160321361

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No. of articles destroyed by request ... ... ... ... 139
Articles disinfected in Formalin Chamber, such as boots, boxes, books, etc. (included in 21,361 above) 1,200
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