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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 1905
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1905
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in the mortality is confined to Measles, Diphtheria and
Diarrhoea, whilst each of the others shews a slight
increase. The total deaths included in Table K form
nearly twelve per cent. (11.75) of the total mortality
from all causes.
TABLE K.
| 1905. | 1904. | |
|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | — | 8 |
| Measles | 48 | 89 |
| Scarlet Fever | 27 | 18 |
| Diphtheria | 31 | 48 |
| Whooping Cough | 50 | 44 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 8 | 6 |
| Simple Fever | 1 | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | 119 | 147 |
| Cholera | — | — |
| 284 | 361 |
The death rate from these seven Zymotic diseases
is 2.2 against 2.7 in 1904, whilst the corresponding
Metropolitan rates are 2.1 and 1.7.
Table L shews the percentage of deaths from each
disease as compared with the total number of Zymotic
deaths.