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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 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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from this it will be seen that the decrease in the
zymotic mortality is fairly evenly distributed throughout
the group:—
TABLE M.
| Disease. | 1908. | 1909. |
|---|---|---|
| Measles | 105 | 78 |
| Scarlet Fever | 39 | 25 |
| Diphtheria | 29 | 20 |
| Whooping Cough | 42 | 37 |
| Euteric Fever | 13 | 4 |
| Diarrhœa | 102 | 90 |
| Totals | 330 | 254 |
The death rate from these Zymotic diseases is 1.93
for 1909 against 2.46 for the previous year. The
corresponding Metropolitan rates are 1.35 and 1.31.
Table N shews the percentage of deaths from each disease on the total number of zymotic deaths.
| Measles caused | 78 deaths, | 30.7 per cent., or | 1 in 3.2 deaths |
| Scarlet Fever „ | 25 ,, | 9.8 ,, ,, | 10.1 „ |
| Diphtheria „ | 20 „ | 7.8 „ ,, | 12.7 „ |
| Whooping Cough „ | 37 „ | 14.5 „ ,, | 6.8 „ |
| Enteric Fever „ | 4 „ | 1.6 ,, „ | 63.5 „ |
| Diarrhoea „ | 90 „ | 35.4 „ ,, | 2.8 „ |
The following figures extracted from the last
published report of the Metropolitan Asylums Board
will be read with interest although they are a year
old.