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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viz., 281 as against 220. It is gratifying to notice that after all the
dreadful objections raised against our present Hospital, it can still
hold its own, as its records, which are, in my opinion, as good as
those of any other Hospital in the United Kingdom, clearly
prove.
SCARLET FEVER.
T able XXI.
Year. | Notified. | In District | Deaths In Hospital. | Admissions to Hospital. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1897 | 510 | 17 | 3 | 177 |
1898 | 350 | 5 | 1 | 139 |
1899 | 315 | 4 | 3 | 133 |
1900 | 243 | 7 | 3 | 142 |
1901 | 396 | 13 | 7 | 158 |
1902 | 393 | 7 | 3 | 176 |
1903 | 397 | 13 | 10 | 206 |
1904 | 445 | 6 | 1 | 220 |
1905 | 505 | 9 | 5 | 281 |
3554 | 81 | 36 | 1632 |
The District Death Rate over this period is 2.2 per cent.
The Hospital Death Rate over this period is 1.01 „