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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 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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| CASES REPORTED. | ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMALL POX. | FEVERS. | ||||||||||||
| Small Pox | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Admitted. | Discharged. | Died. | Remaining. | Admitted. | Discharged. | Died. | Remaining. | |
| January | .. | 17 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| February | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| March | .. | 7 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| April | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| May | .. | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
| June | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Jule | .. | 6 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| August | 1 | 24 | 4 | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| September | .. | 39 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 49 |
| October | .. | 59 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 44 | 16 | 5 | 72 | |
| November | .. | 59 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 40 | 28 | 7 | 77 |
| December | 1 | 26 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 73 |
| Totals | 3 | 266 | 14 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 118 | 30 | 73 |