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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: Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during the Year

Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during the Year

DiseaseNumber of Cases NotifiedRemoved to Hospital
Reported by † Registrar-GeneralTotalUnder 1 year1 and under 2 years2 and under 3 years3 and under 4 years4 and under 5 years5 and under 10 years10 ana under 15 years15 and under 20 years20 and under 25 years25 and under 45 years45 and under 65 years65 and upwards
Smallpox.............................................
Enteric Fever43.........1.........1...1......3
Diphtheria (inc. Memb-Croup)22522271310242477271112161...222
Scarlet Fever30530721231343711146141091...297
Puerperal Fever66........................15......6
Puerperal Pyrexia1616.....................2410......14
Ophthalmia Neonator-um...1414.................................8
Erysipelas72732......1125661724955
Cerebro-spinal Fever...6...11...12.........1......6
Acute Poliomyelitis...4......1...12..................4
Actute Encephalitis Lethargica.............................................
Acute Polio-enceohal- itis.............................................
Acute Primary Pneumonia100725322...123421914648
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia29......1............3...10879
Dysentery.....524671031113141148
Malaria.......................................................
Continued Fever.............................................
Typhus Fever, Cholera, Plague, Relapsing Fever..................................................
Anthrax, Hydrophobia, Glanders.............................................
Pulmonary Tubercu-losis...109............13491543277*
Other forms of Tuberculosis...24...1...112631441*
Total...93734365373692229256521898031720

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♦Sec particulars as to Sanatorium Treatment in Tuberculosis section
†The Registrar General's figures are for notifications received during the 52 weeks ended 1st January, 1938, and
include several non-residents.
The Council's figures are for cases notified during the calendar year, and exclude non-residents and duplicate notifications