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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Diphtheria.
Ten cases of Diphtheria were notified during the year as
compared with 38 in the previous year. In one case only was the
diagnosis confirmed, this being a child who had not been
immunised.
Cancer.
The number of deaths certified as being due to cancer was 130
(69 male and 61 female), as compared with a total of 150 cases (81
male and 69 female) in 1949.
Tuberculosis.
During the year formal notifications under the Regulations
were received in respect of 79 cases of respiratory tuberculosis and
7 non-respiratory cases.
The following table gives details of the age and sex incidence of these cases.
TABLE 17
| Age periods | Primary Notifications | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | Total | |
| Respiratory, males | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 41 | |
| Respiratory, females | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 38 | |
| Non-resDiratory, males | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | ~ | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
| Non-respiratory, females | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
In addition to the above 39 other cases were added to the register, information being received from the following sources:—
| Local Death Returns | 3 |
| Registrar General's Death Returns (transferable deaths) | - |
| Posthumous notifications | 2 |
| Transfers from other areas | 34 |
There were 20 deaths during the year certified as being due to
Tuberculosis.