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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Table 9 INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS
| DISEASE | Age in years | Total Notified | Corrected Figure | Removed to Hospital | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65- | ||||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 5 | 16 | 24 | 3 | - | - | - | 48 | 46 | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Paratyphoid 'B' | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 2 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 62 | 62 | 14 |
| Measles | 27 | 95 | 100 | 129 | 1 | - | - | - | 352 | 351 | 17 |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 6 | 10 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 36 | 34 | 10 |
| Scabies | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 2 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | - | 22 | 22 | - |
| Meninges and C.N.S. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other forms | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
| TOTALS | 38 | 117 | 140 | 191 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 546 | 539 | 53 |