Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1927
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Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified During the Year 1927 in Bethnal Green.
| Disease | Reported by Registrar General | Number of Cases Notified | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and upwards | Removed to Hospital | ||
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Group) | 487 | 476 | 18 | 182 | 228 | 32 | 15 | 1 | .. | 474 |
| Scarlet Fever | 607 | 610 | 6 | 180 | 369 | 37 | 18 | .. | .. | 607 |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 1 | .. | 6 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .. | 41 | 41 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Erysipelas | .. | 80 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 30 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | .. | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | .. | 153 | 4 | 41 | 41 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 71 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | .. | 72 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 49 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Malaria | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera, Plague, Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Hydrophobia, Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | .. | 151 | .. | .. | 10 | 39 | 62 | 37 | 3 | * |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | .. | 39 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | .. | * |
| Total | .. | 1658 | 76 | 424 | 674 | 166 | 182 | 105 | 31 | 1253 |
*See particulars as to Sanatorium treatment in Tuberculosis Section.