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Hornsey 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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35
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.—The number of deaths
from each disease for 1914 and preceding years is shewn in the
following table:—

Table: NUMBER OF DEATHS 1897-1914FROM THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

NUMBER OF DEATHS 1897-1914FROM THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

191419131912191119101909190819071906190519041903190219011900189918981897
Small-pox000000000000200000
Measles11252011212518918157846147
Scarlet Fever103143346311201302
Diphtheria6325810991387129101441116
Enteric Fever132130245220526040
Whooping Cough482151012111941017199141820810
Diarrhœa291416361193306241169321529
Totals4240307827384644763869483540.52655264

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There were 42 deaths from Zymotic Diseases in 1914, as
against 40 in 1913.
The Zymotic death-rate is equal to .46 per thousand of the
population.
Diarrhoea and Diphtheria are the diseases responsible for the
higher Zymotic death-rate this year as compared with 1913.
There was one death from Scarlet Fever.