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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 1927
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1927
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No. of Notifications on Forms C. & D.
| Poor Law Institutions | Sanatoria | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | D | C | D | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis— Male | 29 | 24 | 76 | 66 |
| Female | 25 | 11 | 54 | 38 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis- Male | 2 | .. | 14 | 10 |
| Female | 1 | .. | 10 | 6 |
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 31/12/26 | 573 | 383 | 205 | 176 | 1337 |
| Number of cases notified under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912, during the year 1927 | 88 | 63 | 27 | 12 | 190 |
| Other cases added to the Tuberculosis Register during 1927 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17* |
| 668 | 452 | 234 | 190 | 1544 | |
| Number of cases removed from Tuberculosis Register during 1927. (For details see separate statement) | 131 | 82 | 14 | 16 | 243 |
| Cases remaining on Tuberculosis Register 31/12/27 | 537 | 370 | 220 | 174 | 1301 |
*Includes 3 patients formerly residents who returned to the Borough after being
removed from the register upon leaving the district.