Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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I have prepared and now submit a set of spot maps. these
shew, by moans of black dots, the exact locality of the houses where
casos of Infectious Fever and Diphtheria occurred. The spots are
arrangod so as to indicate the number of cases in each house :—
One case
Two casos
Three casos
Four cases
DIPHTHERIA, 1891.
No. of cases reported and visited 298
Inspector Lapworth 88 cases.
,, Weston 74 ,,
,, Foot 136 ,,
Promises found satisfactory 108
In tho remaining 190 cases, the following 283 Insanitary
conditions wore found existing—
W.C., no water supply 34
Internal Drainage defective 33
External ,, ,, 83
Domestic water supply drawn from W.C. cistern 13
Other insanitary conditions 120
No. of cases from families occupying one room only 39
No. of cases removed to Hospital 86
Inspector Lap worth had removed 26 cases
,, Weston „ 26 ,,
m Foot „ 34 „
Table showing comparison with previous year—
1890. 1891.
Inspector Lap worth, 109 88—a decrease of 21
,, Weston 100 74 ,, 26
„ Foot 213 136 „ 77
a total
decrease on the
year of 124.