Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Table XI. (
Under 5 years. | 5 years and over | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Influenza | 1 | 7 | 8 |
Typhoid Fever | 0 | 9 | 9 |
Puerperal Fever | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Erysipelas | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Measles | 27 | 4 | 31 |
Whooping Cough | 23 | 1 | 24 |
Diarrhoea | 52 | 1 | 53 |
Enteritis | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Rheumatic Fever | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Phthisis | 1 | 94 | 95 |
Diseases of the Respiratory Organs | 96 | 128 | 224 |
Heart Disease | 5 | 94 | 99 |
Cancer | 0 | 84 | 84 |
Tubercular Diseases other than Phthisis | 17 | 12 | 29 |
Violence | 19 | 19 | 38 |
All other Diseases | 140 | 258 | 398 |
446 | 730 | 1176 |
Included in the 53 deaths from Diarrhoea are those of 9 illegitimate
children, the ignorance of whose mothers or foster mothers
was perhaps a contributory cause.
Table XII.—Number of Deaths and Death-Rate per 1000 of the Population from Certain Causes.
Phthisisand Tubercular Diseases. | Respira- tory Diseases. | Heart Disease. | Violence. | Premature Birth. | Diarrhoea. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of deaths | 133 | 224 | 99 | 38 | 42 | 53 |
Death-rate per 1000 | 1.3 | 2.2 | .9 | .3 | .4 | .5 |
Deaths in 1904 | 170 | 219 | 97 | 53 | 49 | 186 |