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Bethnal Green 1902
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1902
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THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The total number of Zymotic deaths is 339; of these 267 were
amongst young children aged less than five years. In table "D "
the number of deaths from each disease in this class is shewn and
compared with those of the preceding year.
TABLE D.
| 1902. | 1901. | |
|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 64 | 2 |
| Measles | 59 | 84 |
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | 44 |
| Diphtheria | 33 | 63 |
| Whooping Cough | 89 | 38 |
| Typhus Fever | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 14 | 19 |
| Simple Fever | 1 | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 60 | 119 |
| Total | 339 | 370 |
Twelve and-a-quarter per cent, of the deaths, from all causes,, arereferred
to the diseases included in table " D," against 14 per cent,
in 1901. The actual decrease in numbers is 31. Notwithstanding
the small pox epidemic, which is responsible for 64 deaths, the 339
Zymotic deaths were 112 below the decennial average for the ten
years 1892 to 1901. Table V. in the Appendix shews this average
to be 451. From an examination of Table "D" it will be seen that,
with the exception of small pox and whooping cough, the mortality
from all the Zymotic diseases has decreased, and that this decrease
is most marked under the heads of scarlet fever, diphtheria, and
diarrhoea. The deaths from the last named disease have fallen from