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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
Leyton 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Table XIII.— Death from the Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases for the Last Five Years,
together with the zymotic death-rate and rate of mortality from all other diseases.
| 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Measles | 36 | 50 | 20 | 6 | 45 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 11 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 5 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 34 | 69 | 26 | 21 | 28 | |
| Whooping Cough | 21 | 26 | 52 | 24 | 25 | |
| Fevers | Typhus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Typhoid | 11 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 17 | |
| Diarrhoea | 36 | 72 | 87 | 121 | 139 | |
| Deaths from the Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases | 149 | 240 | 198 | 203 | 251 | |
| Deaths from all other Diseases | 663 | 840 | 612 | 808 | 874 | |
| 812 | 10.80 | 810 | 1011 | 1125 | ||
| Death-rate from Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.8 | ||
| Death-rate from all other Diseases | 9.5 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 9.7 | ||
| General Death-rate | 11.6 | 14.4 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 12.5 | |
Of the 251 deaths from Zymotic Diseases 209 (over 83%) were due to the three non-notifiable Diseases :
Measles, Whooping Cough, and Diarrhoea.
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