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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during i929.
| Disease | Number of Cases Notified | Removedto Hospital | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported byRegistrar-General. | Total | Under 1year | 1 and under2years | 2 and under 3years | 3 and under 4years | 4 and under 5years | 5 and under i0years | i0 and under i5years | i5 and under 20 years | 20 and under25 years | 25 and under45 years | 45 and under65 years | 65 andupwards | ||
| Smallpox | 262 | 263 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 63 | 47 | 44 | 26 | 41 | 10 | ... | 263 |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 |
| Diphtheria (inc. Memb. Croup) | 348 | 342 | 6 | 26 | 39 | 29 | 33 | 124 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 1 | ... | 341 |
| Scarlet Fever | 567 | 569 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 45 | 60 | 248 | 86 | 34 | 10 | 21 | 1 | ... | 566 |
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 10 | ... | ... | 11 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | ... | ... | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ... | 23 | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 86 | 86 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 36 |
| Cerebro spinal Fever | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | ... | 198 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 55 |
| Acute influenzal Pneumonia | ... | 76 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 47 |
| Dysentery | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
| Malaria | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Continued Fever | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Typhus Fever, Cholera, Plague, Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Anthrax, Hydrophobia, Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chickenpox | ... | 415 | 20 | 80 | 29 | 42 | 43 | 205 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 38 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | ... | 19 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 23 | 59 | 45 | 3 | * |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | ... | 38 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ... | 1 | * |
| Total | 2197 | 80 | 100 | 137 | 144 | 157 | 709 | 217 | 156 | 109 | 228 | 130 | 30 | 1380 | |
* See particulars as to Sanatorium Treatment in Tuberculosis section.