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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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No. of Notifications on Forms C. & D.
| Poor Law Institutions | Sanatoria | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | D | C | D | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis— | ||||
| Male | 25 | 21 | 75 | 61 |
| Female | 19 | 14 | 48 | 37 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis— | ||||
| Male | ... | ... | 16 | 13 |
| Female | 1 | ... | 10 | 11 |
| C—upon admission D—upon Discharge | ||||
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1924.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
| Number of cases on the Tuber-culosis Register 31/12/27 | 537 | 370 | 220 | 174 | 1301 |
| Number of cases notified und-er the Public Health (Tuber-culosis) Regulations, 1912, during the year 1928 | 102 | 75 | 19 | 24 | 220 |
| Other cases added to the Tuber-culosis register during 1928 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 645 | 451 | 240 | 199 | 1535 | |
| Number of cases removed from Tuberculosis Register during 1928. (For details see separate statement) | 98 | 67 | 24 | 20 | 209 |
| Cases remaining on Tuber-culosis Register 31/12/28 | 547 | 384 | 216 | 179 | 1326 |