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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 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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Synopsis
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MEDICAL OFFICER'S ANNUAL REPORT, 1889.
Vital Statistics— page
Population
Death 2
Births 2
Death rate 2
Births and Birth Rate 3
Marriages 8
Deaths of Infants 8
Deaths of Young Children 9
Special Causes of Death—
Summary of Table III 9
Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases 10
Notification of Infectious Diseases Act 10
The Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases 11
Small Pox 13
Scarlet Fever 13
Fevers 13
Diphtheria 15
Whooping Cough 15
Measles 15
Deaths in Public Institutions—
Bethnall House Lunatic Asylum 16
Mildmay Mission Hospital 16
City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest 16
Cases Admitted into Fever Hospitals 17
Inquests 17
Respiratory Diseases 17
Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Improvement Act, 1868 18
Premises Closed 20
Nuisances Removal Act 21
Unsound Food 21
Periodical Inspections 22
Sanitary Staff 22