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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 1861
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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TABLE 10.
New Cases of Disease attended by the Poor-Law Medical Staff, during the Year 1861.
| Parish of Bethnal Green. | Out-Door Districts. | Workhouse. | Totals. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Small Pox | 5 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 35 | ... | 71 |
| Chicken Pox | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 47 |
| Measles | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | ... | 33 |
| Scarlatina | 20 | 23 | 15 | 25 | 65 | ... | 148 |
| Whooping Cough | 26 | 55 | 21 | 56 | 54 | 4 | 216 |
| Croup | ... | 9 | 8 | 5 | 11 | ... | 33 |
| Diarrhoea | 82 | 95 | 109 | 105 | 220 | 53 | 664 |
| Dysentery | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Ague | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 4 |
| Continued Fever | 39 | 133 | 78 | 124 | 94 | 113 | 581 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 3 | ... | 13 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 43 |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 83 |
| Delirium Tremens | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 7 |
| Insanity | 6 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 66 |
| Bronchitis and Catarrh | 195 | 104 | 204 | 119 | 335 | 9 | 966 |
| Diptheria | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Pleurisy | ... | 2 | 5 | 14 | 30 | ... | 51 |
| Pneumonia | 14 | 13 | 32 | 7 | 24 | 15 | 105 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Pyaemia | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Carbuncle | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| All other Diseases | 413 | 489 | 539 | 495 | 956 | 269 | 3161 |
| 586 | 822 | 677 | 934 | 924 | 1338 | 5281 | |
| Total ............... | 999 | 1311 | 1216 | 1429 | 1880 | 1607 | 8442 |
| Deaths | 3 | 6 | 63 | 80 | 52 | 254 | 458 |