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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 1934

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

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66
During the year 246 children under the age of 5
were nursed, a total of 2,733 visits being made.
33 mothers received 337 visits for nursing in
connection with conditions incidental to child-bearing.

Table: Nursing Assistance, 1934.

Nursing Assistance, 1934.

DiseaseChildren UNDER FIVE yearsMothersOthersTotalVisits
CasesVisitsCasesVisitsCasesVisits
Ophthalmia Neonatorum426............26
Discharging Eyes37498............498
Measles23360......334394
Whooping Cough16............6
Diarrhœa12............2
Puerperal Fever and Py-rexia......124......24
Other pre-natal and post-natal conditions......32313......313
Otorrhœa, other Ear dis.22428............428
Tonsils and Adenoids44162............162
Influenza214......78599
Bronchitis321............21
Pneumonia17219......19279498
Tuberculosis.....................
Intestinal Conditions.....................
Threadworms45522............522
Discharging Umbilicus32331............331
Impetigo and Eczema210............10
Circumcision112............12
Septic arm, leg. etc.220............20
Miscellaneous10102......250152
Totals246273333337314483518

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6 cases were in hand at the beginning of the year.
5 cases were in hand at the end of the year.
PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL
PYREXIA.
One case of Puerperal Fever was reported during
the year. The patient was treated in the North
Western Hospital, but died from the disease.