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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 1890
[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. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Admitted. | Discharged. | Died. | Remaining. | ||
| January | .. | 17 | 19 | 5 | 8 | .. | .. | 4 | Nil. | 6 | 10 | .. | 25 |
| February | .. | 12 | 24 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | 10 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 24 | |
| March | .. | 34 | 21 | 3 | 8 | .. | .. | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 21 | |
| April | .. | 28 | 15 | 3 | 7 | .. | .. | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 22 | |
| May | .. | 26 | 26 | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .. | 7 | 7 | 20 | |
| June | 1 | 24 | 12 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 19 | |
| July | .. | 42 | 22 | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 25 | |
| August | .. | 65 | 33 | 4 | 17 | 1 | .. | 10 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 45 | |
| September | .. | 64 | 63 | 3 | 18 | 1 | .. | 23 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 66 | |
| October | .. | 54 | 57 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 39 | 21 | 13 | 71 | |
| November | .. | 47 | 51 | 3 | 19 | .. | 1 | 30 | 36 | 31 | 8 | 68 | |
| December | .. | 46 | 40 | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 61 | |
| Total | 1 | 459 | 383 | 38 | 126 | 6 | 6 | 174 | 244 | 144 | 68 | 61 | |