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Bethnal Green 1900
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of Bethnal Green during the year 1900
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THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from this class of disease is 349; of
these 238 were those of young children aged less than five years.
In Table D the number of deaths from each of these diseases is
shewn and compared with those of the preceding year.
TABLE D.
| 1900. | 1899. | |
|---|---|---|
| Measles | 63 | 90 |
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 9 |
| Diphtheria | 60 | 64 |
| Whooping Cough | 93 | 44 |
| Enteric Fever | 18 | 38 |
| Diarrhœa | 103 | 156 |
| 349 | 401 |
Nearly twelve-and-a-half per cent. of the total deaths from all
causes were referred to the diseases included in Table D, against
thirteen-and-a-half per cent. in 1899. The actual decrease in
number is 53. The 349 zymotic deaths were 125 below the decennial
average for the 10 years 1890 to 1899. Table V. in the
appendix shows this figure to be 474.
An inspection of Table D will show that the decrease in the
number of deaths was chiefly amongst those from measles,
diarrhoea, and enteric fever; on the other hand, the deaths from
whooping cough and scarlet fever were in excess.
The death rate from these seven zymotic diseases is 2.7, against
3.1 in 1899; while the corresponding rates for London are 2.4 in
1899 and 2.2 in 1900.