Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1922.

  • Bethnal Green (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1923
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Credit: Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1922. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TUBERCULOSIS. Tuberculosis of all kinds is notifiable, and par ticulars of the number of notification certificates re ceived during the year is set out in the table appended hereto. Owing to the fact that a case of tuberculosis may be notified in several boroughs or districts, the number of notification certificates received is only a very imperfect guide to the amount of tuberculosis in the Borough. There is also the consideration that notification is more strictly enforced in some districts than in others. The only exact means known at pre sent of judging the prevalence of tuberculosis is by the deaths recorded from the disease. There were 194 deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis, 10 deaths from tuberculous meningitis, and 15 deaths from other tuberculous diseases. The notifications received during the year will be seen from the following tables: —
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