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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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TABLE 16 Infectious Disease
| Disease | Notifications | Total notified | Removed to Hospital | Deaths | Corrected figures | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 year | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5-15 years | 15-25 years | 25-45 years | 45-65 years | 65-years | |||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 6 | — | — | 38 | 37 | 1 | 20 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 20 | 74 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 107 | 52 | — | 98 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | — | — | 9 | — | — | 9 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | 21 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 1 | — | 12 |
| Cerebrospinal Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 9 | 9 | — | 8 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Acute Pneumonia | — | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 42 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 10 | 8 | — | 4 |
| Measles | 44 | 79 | 257 | 120 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 504 | 54 | 1 | 399 |
| Whooping Cough | 21 | 15 | 44 | 26 | — | — | — | — | 106 | 11 | — | 103 |
| Scabies | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | — | — | 18 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 87 | — | 17 | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 7 | — | 2 | — |
| Total | 93 | 109 | 344 | 260 | 53 | 59 | 35 | 21 | 974 | 185 | 23 | 736 |