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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 1947
[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. There was a
general reduction in cases of Diphtheria, Scarlet
Fever and Measles, but an increase in Tuberculosis,
Whooping Cough and Poliomyelitis, which is the
subject of a special comment.