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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1904
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1904
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In the following table is shewn the relative proportion
of deaths in hospital and in their own homes of the
sufferers from Zymotic diseases:—
TABLE I.
| Disease. | Deaths at Home. | Deaths in Hospital. |
|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 1 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 17 |
| Diphtheria | 8 | 40 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 4 |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | 2 |
| Measles | 82 | 7 |
| Diarrhœa | 127 | 20 |
THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC
DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from the seven principal
Zymotic diseases, including those of 65 persons who
died in the hospitals of the Asylums Board, was 361
against 289 in 1903, an increase of 72.
Notwithstanding this increase, the total deaths of
this class for the year were fifty below the decennial
average for the ten years 1894 to 1903. Table V in
the appendix shows this average to be 411.