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Bethnal Green 1909
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1909 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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THE PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The deaths recorded as from the diseases included
in this group and upon which the zymotic mortality
is calculated, numbered 254 against 330 in 1908, a
decrease of 76; nearly all the fever and diphtheria
deaths occurred in hospitals as will be seen from the
following table
TABLE L
| Disease. | Deaths at Home. | Deaths in Hospital. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | 25 | 25 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 72 | 6 | 78 |
| Diarrhœa | 67 | 23 | 90 |
This decrease of seventy-six in the total number of
zymotic deaths for the year 1909 is also seventy-six
below the decennial average of the ten years 1899 to
1908. Table VI in the appendix shews this average
to be 330.
The next table M compares the deaths from each of
the Zymotic Diseases in the two years 1908 and 1909,