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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 1925

[Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1925]

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Table: Nursing Assistance 1925.

Nursing Assistance 1925.

DiseaseUnder Maternity and Child Welfare SchemeUnder Public Health ActsTotal Visits
Under one yearONE to FIVE yearsMothersChildren under fiveOthers
CasesVisitsCasesVisitsCasesVisitsCasesVisitsCasesVisits
Ophthalmia Neonatorum10205..............205
Discharging Eyes63615........15149....764
Measles....13121......19130
Whooping Cough223336......11372
Puerperal Fever....................
Other pre-natal and post-natal conditions........50594......594
Conjunctivitis............124....24
Corneal Ulcers...........220....20
Otorrhœa............3251..631
Nasal Catarrh............110....10
Tonsils and Adenoids............130490....490
Septic Throat............110....10
Influenza..............54343
Bronchitis............88411094
Pneumonia............1211717134251
Tuberculosis............16....6
Intestinal............421....21
Threadworms............63523....523
Imperf. Anus............110....10
Septic Umbilicus............217....17
Phimosis............423..23
Burns............330....30
Pyrexia............625....25
Abscess............16....6
Impetigo............110....10
Eczema............220....20
Supervision............110....10
Totals7584316157505942621630262153439

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15 cases were in hand at the beginning of the year.
12 cases were in hand at the end of the year.
A total of 3,439 visits were paid to 429 cases at a cost of £144 4s. 6d.
During the year 353 children under the age of 5
were nursed, a total of 2,630 visits being made at a
cost of £109 lis. 8d. Of this expenditure £43 2s. 6d.
was expenditure under the Maternity and Child
Welfare Scheme.