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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 1865

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]

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city of london hospital for diseases
OF THE CHEST.

Table: The following is the Medical Report of this Institution for the year 1865:—

The following is the Medical Report of this Institution for the year 1865:—

IN-PATIENTS.
Under Treatment on the 1st January, 186572
Admitted since554626
Remaining under Treatment 31st December, 186580
546
Of these there have been—More or less Relieved509
Died37
Patients Admitted from the Opening of the Wards in 1855 to the 31st December, 18653,904
Average Number Resident throughout the Year70
OUT-PATIENTS.
Under Treatment on the 1st January, 1865770
Admitted since11,88712,657
Remaining under Treatment on 31st December, 18651,145
Total Treated during the Year11,512
Patients Admitted from the Opening of the Institution in 1848 to 31st December, 1865113,422
Average Attendance of Out-Patients each Week983

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cow-houses.
These have been subject to constant supervision since the outbreak
of the cattle plague, and all have been cleansed and disinfected—many
have been improved in ventilation and drainage; yet, notwithstanding,
there has been a large number of Cows die or slaughtered through the
disease, reducing many of the owners from affluence to indigence. Many
of the Cows in an advanced stage of that disease were slaughtered and
dressed for human food. The knowledge of this fact caused great exer-