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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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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 | — | 3 | 3 | — |
| Diphtheria (inc. Memb. Croup) | 4 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 50 | 50 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 6 | 22 | 49 | 2 | — | — | — | 80 | 38 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | — | — | 9 | 9 | |
| Ophthal. Neonatorum | 10 | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 23 | 22 | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 6 | 48 |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| Typhus Fever, Cholera, Plague, Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax, Hydrophobia, Glanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 25 | 49 | 99 | 60 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 235 | 31 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 67 | 48 | 145 | 61 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 324 | 39 | 5 |
| Scabies | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 87 | — | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 | — | 4 | 7 | 26 | 40 | 20 | 4 | 102 | — | 53 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | — | — | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 14 | — | 1 |
| Total | 116 | 112 | 303 | 241 | 71 | 97 | 50 | 13 | 1,003 | 220 | 113 |