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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASE.
The accompanying table shows the number of
cases of various diseases notified during the year,
also the number removed to hospital. Compared with
the previous year there was an increase in the cases
of Scarlet fever, Diphtheria, Pneumonia. Measles
and Whooping Cough, and a decrease in Erysipelas,
Dysentery, Tuberculosis and Scabies.