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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 1907
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1907 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Included in the Zymotic mortality are the deaths
from the seven diseases usually placed in this class
and upon which the Zymotic mortality rate is
calculated. The total number of deaths from these
seven diseases, including seventy six in hospital, was
251 against 331 in 1906, a decrease of eighty.
Table "M" shews the relative proportion of deaths
in hospital and at their own homes of the sufferers
from Zymotic diseases.
TABLE M.
| Disease. | Deaths at Home. | Deaths in Hospital. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | |||
| — | |||
The total Zymotic deaths for the year were
116 below the decennial average (for the ten years,
1897 to 1906.) Table VI in the appendix shews this
average to be 367. Table "N" compares the deaths
from each of the Zymotic diseases in the two years
1906 to 1907, a glance at it shews that the increase in
the mortality is confined to Scarlet Fever, the deaths
from which doubled those of the previous year, all the
other diseases shewed a considerable decrease.