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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 1926
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1926
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No. of Notifications on Forms C. & D.
| Poor Law Institutions | Sanatoria | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | d | c | d | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis— | ||||
| Male | 25 | 15 | 83 | 67 |
| Female | 16 | 4 | 35 | 31 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis— | ||||
| Male | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 |
| Female | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 |
C—upon admission
D—upon discharge
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1924.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
| Number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register 31/12/25 | 583 | 391 | 195 | 164 | 1333 |
| Number of cases notified under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912, during the year 1926 | 89 | 65 | 27 | 30 | 211 |
| Other eases added to the Tuberculosis Register during 1926 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 676 | 461 | 223 | 195 | 1555 | |
| Number of cases removed from Tuberculosis Register during 1926. (For details see separate statement) | 103 | 78 | 18 | 19 | 218 |
| Cases remaining on Tuberculosis Register 31/12/26 | 573 | 383 | 205 | 176 | 1337 |