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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 1910
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1910 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLE L.
| Disease. | Deaths at Home. | Deaths in Hospitals. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 9 | 9 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Measles | 54 | 4 | 58 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
This decrease of seventy-two in the total number of
Zymotic deaths for the year 1910 is also 133 below the
decennial average of the ten years 1900—1909. Table VI
in the appendix shews this average to be 315.
The next table M compares the deaths from each of
the zymotic diseases in the two years 1909 and 1910;
it shews that there was a marked decrease in three out
of the six diseases, whilst the only one shewing increase
was Enteric Fever. This disease was epidemic in East
London during the autumn, when it caused 18 deaths
in Bethnal Green as against only four in the whole of
1909.