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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 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Table: Nursing Assistance, 1933.

Nursing Assistance, 1933.

DiseaseChildren UNDER FIVE yearsMothersOthersTotal Visits
CasesVisitsCasesVisitsCasesVisits
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.....................
Discharging Eyes46632............632
Measles12............2
Whooping Cough231............31
Diarrhœa.....................
Puerperal Fever and Py-rexia......18......8
Other pre-natal and post-natal conditions......31399......399
Otorrhœa, Abscess of Ear8221............221
Tonsils and Adenoids42123............123
Influenza............24224224
Bronchitis247............47
Pneumonia7151......22257408
Tuberculosis.....................
Intestinal Conditions617............17
Threadworms54632............632
Discharging Umbilicus32456............456
Impetigo and Eczema315............15
Circumcision343............43
Septic arm, leg, etc.530............30
Miscellaneous16177......119196
Totals227257732407475003484

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12 cases were in hand at the beginning of the year.
6 cases were in hand at the end of the year.
PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL
PYREXIA.
Two cases of Puerperal Fever were reported during
the year. The patients were treated : one in Bethnal
Green Hospital, and the other in the London Hospital.
There was no death from the disease.
Eighteen cases were notified as Puerperal Pyrexia.
The patients were treated at the following Hospitals:—
London (5), North Western (4), Bethnal Green (3),
Mothers' (2), City of London Maternity (3), and East
End Maternity Hospital (1).