Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
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Of the 1966 cases, 604 were admitted to the Infirmary from the House; 1362 by the Relieving Officers and other Officials. The following Tables will show the admissions to, and discharges from, the Sick Wards each week throughout the year:—
| First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admissions from House. Street | Total. | Discharged | Admissions from House. Street. | Total. | Discharged | ||||
| Jan. 5 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 19 | Mar. 30 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 29 |
| „ 12 | 21 | 43 | 30 | April 6 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 48 | |
| „ 19 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 40 | „ 13 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 45 |
| „ 26 | 23 | „ 20 | 22 | 27 | 54 | ||||
| Feb. 2 | „ 27 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 25 | ||||
| 15 | 23 | 38 | May 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 48 | ||
| „ 16 | 30 | 39 | „ 11 | 8 | 32 | ||||
| „ 23 | 29 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 39 | ||||
| Mar. 2 | 14 | 18 | „ 25 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 31 | ||
| 7 | June 1 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 31 | ||||
| 29 | „ 8 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 44 | ||||
| „ 23 | „ 15 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 42 | ||||
| „ 22 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 27 | |||||
| Total | 482 | „ 29 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 33 | |||
| Total | 133 | 338 | 471 | 534 | |||||
| Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | ||||||||
| Discharged | Total. | Discharged | |||||||
| July 6 | 36 | Oct. 5 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 39 | |||
| „ 13 | 36 | „ 12 | 11 | 42 | 53 | 25 | |||
| 19 | „ 19 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 34 | ||||
| 12 | 36 | „ 26 | 27 | 36 | 21 | ||||
| Aug. 3 | 4 | Nov. 2 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 31 | |||
| 16 | 32 | 21 | |||||||
| „ 17 | 40 | „ 16 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 34 | |||
| „ 24 | 7 | „ 23 | 18 | 40 | 58 | 29 | |||
| „ 31 | 10 | 32 | „ 30 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 32 | ||
| Sept. 7 | Dec. 7 | 15 | 52 | 28 | |||||
| „ 14 | 18 | 26 | „ 14 | 15 | 27 | 51 | |||
| „ 21 | „ 21 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 42 | ||||
| „ 31 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 59 | |||||
| Total | Total | 168 | 360 | 528 | 446 | ||||
The result of the 1966 new cases is as follows:– 192 have died; 14 have been sent to
the Insane Wards; 12 to the Fever and Small Pox Hospitals; 1360 discharged cured
or relieved; and 388 still remain under medical treatment: making, with 136 cases
from the previous years, a total of 524 on the Medical Relief Book on the 1st January,
1868.