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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 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
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New Cases of Disease attended by the Poor Law Medical Staff, during the year 1859.
| DISTRICTS. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Workhouse. | TOTAL. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 7 | 121 | 61 | 83 | 93 | 3 | 368 |
| Chicken-pox | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 15 |
| Measles | 12 | 67 | 20 | 11 | 39 | ... | 149 |
| Scarlatina | 4 | 15 | 39 | 27 | 71 | ... | 156 |
| Whooping-cough | 2 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 13 | ... | 72 |
| Group | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Diarrhœa | 45 | 134 | 147 | 147 | 198 | 33 | 704 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 8 |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ague | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Continued Fever | 69 | 137 | 121 | 77 | 67 | 72 | 543 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 7 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 69 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 47 |
| Delirium Tremens | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Insanity | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 76 |
| Bronchitis and Catarrh | 31 | 110 | 33 | 92 | 152 | 8 | 426 |
| Diphtheria | ... | 7 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | 13 |
| Pleurisy | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 6 | ... | 46 |
| Pneumonia | 24 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 99 |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Pyaemia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Carbuncle | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 10 |
| All other Diaeaaes | 221 | 679 | 466 | 553 | 713 | 175 | 2807 |
| 336 | 660 | 599 | 693 | 666 | 749 | 3703 | |
| Total | 557 | 1339 | 1065 | 1246 | 1379 | 924 | 6510 |
| Deaths | 7 | 44 | 37 | 119 | 71 | 163 | 441 |