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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 1938

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

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51
The following table shows the cases dealt with
during the year :—

Table: Nursing Assistance.

Nursing Assistance.

DiseaseChildren under five yearsMothersOthersTotal Visits
CasesVisitsCasesVisitsCasesVisits
Ophthalmia Neonatorum436................36
Discharging Eyes42381................381
Other Eye Conditions479................79
Measles21188........587275
Whooping Cough586................86
Diarrhœa............................
Pre-natal Conditions........224........24
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia............................
Other post-natal con-ditions........19239........239
Otorrhœa, other Ear diseases24200................200
Tonsils and Adenoids36199................199
Tonsillitis............................
Influenza................42323
Bronchitis1186................86
Pneumonia14202........19445647
Tuberculosis................155
Intestinal Conditions525........1227
Worms18121................121
Discharging Umbilicus1178................78
Impetigo, skin eruption............................
8115................115
Miscellaneous19243........222265
Totals2222,03921263325792,881

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11 cases were in hand at the beginning of the year.
3 cases were in hand at the end of the year.
PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL
PYREXIA.
Two cases of Puerperal Fever were reported
during the year. One patient was treated in the
Hackney Hospital and the other at home.