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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 1937

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

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Table: The following table shows the cases dealt with during the year:— Nursing Assistance.

The following table shows the cases dealt with during the year:— Nursing Assistance.

DiseaseChildren under five yearsMothersOthersTotal Visits
CasesVisitsCasesVisitsCasesVisits
Ophthalmia Neonatorum236............36
Discharging Eyes37500............500
Other Eye Conditions426............26
MeasIes.............21414
Whooping Cough134............34
Diarrhoea......................
Pre-natal Conditions......664......64
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia.....................
Other post-natal con-ditions......32469......469
Otorrhœa, other Ear diseases17366............366
Tonsils and Adenoids2892............92
Tonsillitis.....................
Influenza.............19177177
Bronchitis10103............103
Pneumonia17227......29189416
Tuberculosis............155
Intestinal Conditions327............27
Worms29297............297
Discharging Umbilicus12173............173
Impetigo, skin erup-tion.....................
471............71
Constipation517............17
Miscellaneous8108............108
Totals177 |2,07738533513852,975

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6 cases were in hand at the beginning of the year.
11 cases were in hand at the end of the year.
PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL
PYREXIA.
Six cases of Puerperal Fever were reported
during the year. Four patients were treated in the
North—Western Hospital and the others in the
London and Mile End Hospitals. Two of the
patients died.