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 Heston and Isleworth]
This page requires JavaScript
The following table shows the zymotic death-rates since 1894:-
Year. | Rate per 1ooo of population. |
---|---|
1894 | .90 |
1895 | 2.7 |
1896 | 2.49 |
1897 | 1.39 |
1898 | 3.73 |
1899 | 2.93 |
1900 | 1.79 |
1901 | 2.58 |
1902 | 1.58 |
1903 | 1.43 |
1904 | 2.4 |
The next table gives the death.rates per 1000 of estimated population for certain other diseases during 1903 and 1904:—
Disease. | 1903 | 1904 |
---|---|---|
Phthisis and other tuberculous diseases | 1.74 | 1.9 |
Cancer | 0.74 | 1.1 |
Diseases of the respiratory organs, excluding phthisis | 1.92 | 2.9 |
Heart Disease | 1.43 | 1.1 |
There were also deaths from Influenza, giving a death rate for that
disease of 012 per 1000 of population.