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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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BOROUGH OF BET FINAL GREEN 1. The Totals of New Cases
| Males | 344 |
| Females | 344 |
| Total | 688 |
2. The Sources of the New Cases
| Total | Tuberculous | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Officer of Health | |||
| 121 | 60 | ||
| Local Practitioners—Primary | 202 | 207 | 40 |
| Contact | 5 | 1 | |
| Contact cases (per M.O.H.) | 295 | 14 | |
| War Pensions Committee | 5 | ||
| London County Council | 7 | ||
| Victoria Park Hospital | 23 | ||
| Other sources | 9 | 7 | |
3. The Diagnosis of the New Cases
| Diagnosis | Insured | Uninsured | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Children under 15 | Males | Females | Total | |
| Pulmonary Tubercu-losis | 52 | 32 | 4 | 15 | 19 | |
| Non-pulmonary Tuber-culosis | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 33 | |
| Non-tuberculous | 205 | 31 | 494 | |||
| Doubtful | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 39 |
| Total | 125 | 234 | 52 | 96 | ||
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