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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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TABLE 10 INFECTIOUS DISEASE
| DISEASE | NOTIFICATIONS | Total Notified | Corrected Figures | Removed toHospital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 year | 1-2 years | 3-4 years | 5-14years | 15-24 years | 25-44 years | 45-64 years | 65 and over | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 37 | 37 | 6 | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Acute Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | _ | |
| Dysentery | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | _ | _ | - | - | 9 | 9 | 5 | |
| Measles | 22 | 123 | 152 | 250 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 561 | 560 | 12 | |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | 21 | 20 | 4 | |
| Scabies | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Tuberculosis | ||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 20 | - | |
| Meninges and C.N.S. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other forms | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | |
| Totals | 31 | 134 | 168 | 283 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 662 | 659 | 31 | |