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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 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
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| Fever. | Small Fox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria and Malignant Sore Throat. | Diarrhoea. | Cholera. | Dysentery. | Whooping Cough. | Croup. | Erysipelas. | Disease of the Abdominal Organs. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Catarrh. | Phthisis. | Cold and Febricula. | Rheumatism. | Dropsy. | Cancer. | Hernia. | Heart Disease. | Brain Disease. | Female Diseases. | Midwifery. | Dentition. | Syphilis. | Wounds, Burns, &c. | Skin Diseases. | Debility. | Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic. | TOTALS. | ||
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| District No. 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Quarter | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | 1 | 8 | 31 | 7 | 42 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 1 | .. | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 212 | |||
| 2nd Quarter | 19 | 59 | 35 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 10 | 8 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | .. | 23 | |||||||||
| 3rd Quarter | 11 | ?8 | 19 | .. | 82 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 13 | 8 | 62 | 6 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 16 | .. | 15 | 50 | 428 | ||||||
| 4th Quarter | 16 | 2 | 6 | 22 | .. | 17 | .. | .. | 31 | .. | 2 | 9 | 41 | 4 | 56 | 11 | .. | 2 | .. | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 35 | 31 | 343 | ||||
| Totals | 55 | 101 | 53 | 44 | .. | 112 | 17 | 2 | 54 | .. | 6 | 40 | 109 | 27 | 217 | 34 | 8 | .. | 6 | 25 | 35 | 27 | l | 18 | 51 | 104 | 115 | 1299 | 1299 | ||
| District No. 2. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Quarter | 268 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd Quarter | 256 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd Quarter | 58 | 12 | 20 | 1 | .. | 66 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 12 | .. | 2 | 13 | 319 | |||||
| 4th Quarter | 34 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .. | 12 | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 6 | 41 | 4 | 27 | 9 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 11 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .. | 11 | 4 | 32 | 233 | |
| Totals | 92 | 14 | 23 | 5 | .. | 78 | 24 | 1 | 6 | .. | 3 | 24 | 54 | 8 | 58 | 14 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | 18 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 45 | 1076 | 1076 |
| District No. 3. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Quarter | 10 | 26 | 11 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 85 | 19 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 14 | 30 | |||||||||
| 2nd Quarter | 20 | 18 | 1 | 16 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 10 | 80 | 4 | 16 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 236 | ||||
| 3rd Quarter | 12 | 5 | 9 | 10 | .. | 85 | 55 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 23 | 46 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 356 | ||
| 4th Quarter | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | .. | 21 | 6 | 12 | .. | 1 | 16 | 134 | 2 | 8 | 9 | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | .. | 2 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 304 | ||||
| Totals | 44 | 55 | 17 | 50 | .. | 120 | 61 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 53 | 345 | 18 | 56 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 64 | 100 | 1138 | 1138 |
| District No. 4. | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Quarter | 498 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd Quarter | 415 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd Quarter | 25 | 31 | 74 | 15 | .. | 87 | 18 | 9 | .. | 3 | 25 | 59 | 11 | 29 | 18 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 47 | 48 | 546 | ||||
| 4th Quarter | 43 | 15 | 48 | 8 | .. | 26 | 4 | .. | 10 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 199 | 11 | 44 | 14 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 7 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 44 | 70 | 635 | |
| Totals | 68 | 46 | 122 | 23 | .. | 113 | 22 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 53 | 258 | 22 | 73 | 32 | 8 | .. | 3 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 91 | 118 | 2094 | 2094 |
| District No. 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Quarter | 42 | 10 | 6 | 4 | .. | 8 | .. | 9 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 61 | 5 | .. | 18 | 1 | .. | .. | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .. | 6 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 266 | |||
| 2nd Quarter | 45 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 62 | 6 | .. | 13 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 29 | .. | 6 | 28 | 8 | 45 | 366 | ||||
| 3rd Quarter | 37 | 57 | 11 | .. | 347 | 99 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 24 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | .. | 51 | 762 | ||||||
| 4th Quarter | 70 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 12 | .. | 31 | .. | 4 | 26 | 87 | 2 | .. | 24 | .. | 2 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 43 | 477 | |||
| Totals | 194 | 109 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 407 | 112 | 3 | 46 | 9 | 11 | 89 | 235 | 17 | 67 | 7 | .. | 7 | 82 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 37 | 87 | 20 | 162 | 1871 | 1871 | |||
| District No. 6. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Quarter | 18 | 12 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | .. | 33 | 8 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 | 18 | 21 | 165 | ||||
| 2nd Quarter | 18 | 7 | 7 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | ... | 11 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 144 | ||
| 3rd Quarter | 7 | 21 | 11 | 9 | .. | 4?, | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 188 | ||||
| 4th Quarter | 24 | 11 | 3 | 7 | .. | 5 | .. | 7 | .. | 2 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | .. | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 189 | |||
| Totals | 62 | 51 | 28 | 16 | .. | 53 | 9 | .. | 24 | .. | 3 | 22 | 96 | 34 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 59 | 686 | 686 | |
| District No. 7. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Quarter | 47 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 3 | 45 | 17 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 55 | 24 | 241 | ||
| 2nd Quarter | 45 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 35 | 14 | .. | 11 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 67 | 19 | 265 | |||||
| 3rd Quarter | 63 | 11 | 22 | 10 | .. | 94 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 47 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 93 | 29 | 445 | ||||||
| 4th Quarter | 52 | 9 | 7 | .. | 15 | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 8 | 98 | 17 | 6 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | .. | * * | 1 | 70 | 11 | 326 | ||||
| Totals | 207 | 58 | 26 | 18 | .. | 107 | 32 | 17 | .. | 9 | 24 | 225 | 57 | 8 | 21 | 10 | .. | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 30 | 1 | .. | 5 | 8 | 285 | 83 | 1277 | 1277 | |
Not having heen able to gain access to the District Medical Officers' Books for the 1st and 2nd Quarters of the 2nd and 4th Districts, I can only give the Total Number,, and not the particulars of Cases attended,