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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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DISINFECTION SERVICE.
During the year, 1,603 rooms and 21,361 articles
were disinfected for various reasons, liquid Formalin
in the form of a spray being used for the purpose of
disinfecting rooms.
The table appended gives full details of the
rooms, bedding and clothing disinfected.
PUBLIC MORTUARY.
(Church Row, Bethnal Green, E.2.)
During the year 139 bodies were received at the Mortuary, i.e.—
| On Coroner's order | 102 |
| From the Police | 9 |
| At the request of relatives | 28 |
Exact particulars are only available as to the 108
bodies on which coroner's inquests were held. On
47 of these bodies post-mortem examinations were
made.
MORTUARY STATISTICS.
Places from which bodies were brought to the Mortuary.
| Removed by the Police from the canal | 4 |
| „ „ „ „ „ streetS, etc. | 3 |
| Removed from Bethnal Green Hospital | 41 |
| „ „ Queen's Hospital | 15 |
| „ „ Mildmay Mission Hosp. | 2 |
| Victoria Park Hospital. | 1 |
| „ „ Private houses, etc. | 42 |
| Total | 108 |