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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 1963
[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 | Removal to Hospital | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 year | 1-2 years | 3-4 years | 5-14 years | 15 - 24 years | 25 - 44 years | 45 - 64 years | 65 and over | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 16 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Pneumonia | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | 5 | - |
| Dysentery | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | - | 6 | 1 | - | 32 | 32 | 11 |
| Measles | 8 | 91 | 75 | 64 | - | - | - | - | 238 | 238 | 24 |
| Whooping Cough | 14 | 20 | 22 | 45 | - | - | - | - | 101 | 98 | 21 |
| Scabies | - | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 7 | - |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 32 | |
| Meninges and C. N. S. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other forms | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Totals | 28 | 124 | 107 | 137 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 442 | 438 | 62 |