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]
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Names of Localities adopte l 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 Hospital. | |||||||||
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Last Census. | Estimated to middle of 1898. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria ' and Membranous Croup. | fevers. | Erysipelas. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | fevers. | ||||||
Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Puerperal. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | ||||||||||
North, Sub-District | 49,301 | 49,339 | 1971 | Under 5 | 68 | 48 | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | 35 | 36 | 2 | .. |
5 upwards | 95 | 76 | 39 | .. | 2 | 122 | 57 | 40 | 28 | .. | ||||
South, Sub-District | 34,I94 | 34,194 | 1291 | Under $ | 54 | 43 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 32 | 25 | 1 | .. |
5 upwards | 59 | 48 | 29 | .. | 1 | 55 | 34 | 26 | 18 | .. | ||||
East, Sub-District | 45.667 | 45, 667 | 1517 | Under 5 | 57 | 53 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 37 | 33 | 1 | .. |
3 upwards | 93 | 54 | 22 | .. | 1 | 77 | 53 | 31 | 16 | .. | ||||
Workhouse | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwards | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Mildmay Hospital | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Victoria Park Hospital | .. | .. | Under $ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Bethnall House Asylum | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwards | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Children's Home, Bonner Road.. | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
$ upwards | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Totals | .. | .. | •• | Under 5 | 179 | 144 | 7 | .. | .. | 17 | 104 | 94 | 4 | .. |
5 upwards | 268 | 180 | 90 | 2 | 4 | 300 | 164 | 98 | 62 | 1 | ||||
grand totals | 129,162 | 129,200 | 4779 | 447 | 324 | 97 | 2 | 4 | 317 | 268 | 192 | 66 | 1 |