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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 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
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K211 (B).
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics. Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Ages under 5 or over 5 | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such cases removed from their homes in the several Localities for treatment in Isolation Hospitals of Asylums Boards. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census 1896. | Estimat'd to Middle of 1897. | Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria & Membranous Croup. | FEVERS. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Small Pox. ' | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria & Membranous Croup. | FEVERS. | |||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Puerperal. | Enteric or Typhoid. | |||||||||||||
| North, Sub-District | 49,301 | 49,339 | 1961 | Under 5 | 1 | 108 | 83 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 17 | 1 | 73 | 51 | 1 |
| 5 upwards | 1 | 201 | 131 | 1 | 33 | 2 | ... | 188 | ... | 123 | 47 | 23 | ||||
| South, Sub-District | 34,194 | 34,194 | 1333 | Under 5 | ... | 85 | 79 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 51 | 40 | ... |
| 5 upwards | ... | 106 | 105 | ... | 39 | 1 | 1 | 86 | ... | 69 | 51 | 31 | ||||
| East, Sub-District | 45,667 | 45,667 | 1524 | Under 5 | ... | 62 | 66 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 29 | 30 | 1 | |
| 5 upwards | ... | 125 | 79 | ... | 26 | 5 | ... | 92 | ... | 76 | 37 | 14 | ||||
| Workhouse | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 5 upwards | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Mildmay Hospital | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ||||
| Victoria Park Hospital | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| BethnalHouse Asylum | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Children's Home, Bonner Road | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| 5 upwards | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ||||
| Totals | 129,162 | 190,200 | 4818 | Under 5 | 1 | 256 | 228 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 27 | 1 | 154 | 121 | 3 |
| 5 upwards | 1 | 444 | 315 | 1 | 98 | 8 | 1 | 368 | 279 | 135 | 68 | |||||