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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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Infectious Disease.
| Disease. | 0-1 year. | 1-2 years. | 2-5 years. | 5-15 years. | 15-25 years. | 25-45 years. | 45-65 years. | 65-years. | Total | Removed to Hospital. | Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Diphtheria (inc. Memb. Croup) | 1 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | _ | _ | 61 | 61 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 6 | 29 | 87 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 133 | 86 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| Ophthal. Neonatorum | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | _ | _ | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 7 | 14 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 20 | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever, Cholera, Plague, Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax, Hydrophobia, Glanders | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | __ | _ | — | — |
| Measles | 40 | 103 | 307 | 197 | 3 | — | — | — | 650 | 78 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 27 | 25 | 59 | 27 | — | — | — | — | 138 | 26 | 1 |
| Scabies | 5 | 4 | 34 | 47 | 43 | 80 | 25 | 4 | 242 | — | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | — | — | 1 | 3 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 83 | _ | 35 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 7 | — | 4 |
| Total | 88 | 150 | 465 | 400 | 101 | 133 | 50 | 18 | 1,405 | 301 | 8058 |