Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 10 | 10 | — | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | — | 3 | 22 | 40 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 67 | 24 | — | 63 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 7 | 8 | — | — | 15 | 5 | — | 15 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | 8 |
Erysipelas | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 5 | — | 13 |
Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 8 | 7 | — | 6 | |
Acute Pneumonia | 2 | — | 6 | — | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 7 | — | 29 |
Dysentery | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | — | 15 |
Measles | 16 | 25 | 107 | 90 | 1 | — | — | — | 239 | 12 | — | 237 |
Whooping Cough | 17 | 26 | 83 | 77 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 205 | 27 | „— | 202 |
Scabies | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | — | — | 11 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 79 | — | 18 | — |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 7 | — | 2 | — |
Total | 49 | 61 | 238 | 222 | 53 | 50 | 24 | 13 | 710 | 102 | 20 | 601 |