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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during 1928.
| Disease | Number of Cases Notified | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by Registrar-General. | Total | Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 3 years | 3 and under 4 years | 4 and under 5 years | 5 and under 10 years | 10 and under 15 years | 15 and under 20 years | 20 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and up-wards | Re-moved to Hospital | |
| Smallpox | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 7 | |
| Diphtheria (inc. Memb. Croup) | 384 | 385 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 46 | 37 | 127 | 59 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 1 | ... | 383 |
| Scarlet Fever | 628 | 623 | 11 | 30 | 45 | 58 | 64 | 277 | 72 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 3 | ... | 621 |
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 9 | ... | ... | 12 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 11 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 7 | ... | ... | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ... | 30 | 30 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 94 | 94 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 32 | 5 | 57 | |
| Cerebro spinal Fever | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Acute Primary | |||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | ... | 196 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 92 |
| Acute Influenzal | |||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | ... | 35 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| Dysentry | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Typhus Fever, Cholera, Plague, Relapsing Fever | ... | Nil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Anthrax, Hydrophobia, Glanders | ... | Nil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | ... | 177 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | 19 | 31 | 70 | 38 | 6 | • |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | ... | 43 | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ... | • |
| Total | 1631 | 83 | 81 | 84 | 120 | 120 | 463 | 164 | 103 | 94 | 193 | 103 | 23 | 1217 | |
| * See particulars as to Sanatorium Treatment in Tuberculosis section. | |||||||||||||||