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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 1936

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

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Table: Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during the Year

Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during the Year

DiseaseNumber of Cases NotifiedRemovedto Hospital
ReportedbyRegistrar-GeneralTotalUnder 1year1 and under 2years2 and under3years3 and under 4years4 and under 5years5 and under 10years10 and under15 years15 andunder 20 years20 and under25 years25 and under45 years45 and under65 years65 andupwards
Smallpox.............................................
Enteric Fever109......1...12......122...9
Diphtheria (inc. Memb. Croup)22222351520202486268811.......223
Scarlet Fever3353321263344311075316138......321
Puerperal Fever22........................11......2
Puerperal Pyrexia99........................45......8
Ophthalmia Neonatorum...1010.................................6
Erysipelas96901...1......433522282358
Cerebro-spinal Fever...6113.........1...............6
Acute Poliomyelitis...1............1.....................1
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica.............................................
Acute Polio-encephalitis.............................................
Acute Primary Pneumonia8766475314377138451
Acute Influenza] Pneumonia...14...............1...184418
Dysentery...3215543215222...31
Malaria...1.....................1............1
Continued Fever.............................................
Typhus Fever, Cholera, Plague, Relapsing Fever.............................................
Anthrax, Hydrophobia Glanders.............................................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis...111...1.........12121838299*
Other forms of Tuberculosis...2912211751...531*
Total .93524577073622149454621117638725

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*See particulars as to Sanatorium Treatment in Tuberculosis section.
The Registrar General's figures are for notifications received during the 53 weeks end£d 2nd January, 1937, and
include several non-residents.
The Council's figures are for cases notified during the calendar year, and exclude non-residents and duplicate notifications.