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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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TABLE F.
| Small Pox | 0.95 per cent, or 1 in 105.2 deaths. | |||
| Measles | 24.90 „ „ 4.01 „ | |||
| Scarlatina | 10.07 „ „ 9.92 „ | |||
| Diphtheria | 22.62 „ „ 4.42 „ | |||
| Whooping Cough | 23.18 „ „ 4.31 „ | |||
| Typhus Fever | 0.0 „ „ 0.0 „ | |||
| Enteric Fever | 4.18 „ „ 23.91 „ | |||
| Simple Fever | 0.0 „ „ 0.0 „ | |||
| Diarrhoea | 14.07 ,, „ 7.08 ,, | |||
SCARLET FEVER, 1892.
No. of cases reported and visited 921
Inspector Lapworth 238 cases.
,, Weston 355 ,,
,, Foot 331 „
Premises found satisfactory 325
In the remaining 599 cases, tho following 747 Insanitary
conditions wero found existing —
W.C., no water supply 65
Internal Drainage defective 86
External „ ,, 170
Domestic water supply from W.C. cistern 34
Other general Insanitary conditions 392
No. of cases from families occupying one room only 120
No. of cases removed to Hospital 382