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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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Table: Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during 1934.

Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during 1934.

DiseaseNumber of Cases NotifiedRe-movedto Hospital
Reported .byRegistrar-General.TotalUnder 1year1 and under2years2 and under 3years3 and under 4years4 and under 5years5 and under10 years10 and under 15years15 and under20 years20 and under25 years25 and under45 years45 and under65 years65 andupwards
Smallpox12...............11...............2
Enteric Fever33...............1.........11...3
Diphtheria (inc. Memb. Croup)37137072236434613249136124...368
Scarlet Fever443436423364440159721822162...422
Puerperal Fever11...........................1......1
Puerperal Pyrexia1212........................210......10
Ophthalmia Neonatorum...1313.................................2
Erysipelas80802...22...52...102229645
Cerebro-spinal Fever...3.........1...11...............3
Acute Poliomyelitis...3...1.........1..................2
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica...1..................1..................
Acute Polio-encephalitis.............................................
Acute Primary Pneumonia154135117797248991917896
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia19..................1232744
Dysentery...1............1.....................1
Malaria...2...........................11......
Continued Fever.............................................
Typhus Fever, Cholera, Plague, Relapsing Fever.............................................
Anthrax, Hydrophobia, Glanders.............................................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis...127...1...1131103051 .254*
Other forms of Tuberculosis...281.........34162632*
Total12363854811019833113758841418924959

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' See particulars as to Sanatorium Treatment in Tuberculosis section.
t The Registrar-General's figures are for notifications received during the 52 weeks ended 29th December, 1934,
and include several non-residents and duplicate cas>es.
The Council's figures are for cases notified during the calendar year, and exclude non-residents.
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