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 XVI.—Deaths per Cent, of Deaths notified (exclusive of Public Institutions).
Cases. | Deaths. | Percentage Mortality. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1905. | 1906. | 1905. | 1906. | 1905. | 1906. | |
*Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scarlet Fever | 505 | 616 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 2.4 |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 126 | 294 | 13 | 36 | 10.03 | 12.2 |
Typhoid | 51 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17.6 | 187 |
Simple Continued Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 40.0 | 36.3 |
Erysipelas | 111 | 96 | 6 | 6 | 5.4 | 6.2 |
Relapsing Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*One case reported, which was removed to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospital It was immediately returned as not being a case of Small Pox. The notification was not withdrawn. |