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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

Stepney 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Other Forms of Tuberculosis.140 new cases were notified, or 23 more than in the previous year:—

Other Forms of Tuberculosis.

140 new cases were notified, or 23 more than in the previous year:—

Notifications.Deaths.
Limehouse389
St. George's2313
Mile End Old Town5514
Whitechapel2411

Table: Deaths from diseases of a Tubercular nature, other than Phthisis, from 1901 to 1921:—

Deaths from diseases of a Tubercular nature, other than Phthisis, from 1901 to 1921:—

Limehouse District.St. George's.Mile End.Whitechapel.Whole Borough.
190160735452239
190243498952233
190352376145195
190444356134174
190542295335159
190657475357214
190751505942202
190838406425167
190937414026144
191033264335137
191140405927166
191229153922105
191333323921125
191452245026152
191530244321118
19162121281989
191723263925113
19182022321286
1919166121650
1920117181450
1921913141147

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Of the 299 deaths certified to be due to Phthisis, 130, or nearly onehalf,
had not been notified during life-time.
Of the 169 notified during life-time, 17 were notified at the same time
that the deaths were certified, 21 died within a month of their being notified,
25 died within 1 and 3 months of their being notified, and 17 between 3 and
6 months. This result is even worse than in the previous year, when 123
out of 283 deaths had not been notified during life-time.
The Dispensaries were taken over by the Borough Council on April 1st,
1921, and re-organised. Their usefulness is severely handicapped through