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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 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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MEDICAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1879.
| In-Patients. | |||
| Patients under treatment on the 1st of January, 1879 | 95 | ||
| Admitted since | 795 | ||
| 890 | |||
| Remaining under treatment on 31st December, 1879 | 101 | ||
| Total for 1879 | 789 | ||
| Of these there have been— | |||
| More or less relieved | 724 | ||
| Died | 65 | ||
| Patients admitted from the opening of the Wards, in 1855, to the 31st December, 1879 | 14,130 | ||
| Average number resident throughout the year | 85 | ||