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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 1907
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1907 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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The total deaths included in table "N" form eleven
per cent, of the total mortality from all causes.
TABLE N.
| 1907. | 1900. | |
|---|---|---|
| Measles | 71 | 60 |
| Scarlet Fever | 43 | 22 |
| Diphtheria | 18 | 20 |
| Whooping Cough | 53 | 63 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | 14 |
| Diarrhoea | 59 | 152 |
| Totals | 251 | 331 |
The death rate from these seven Zymotic diseases is
1.92 against 2.5 in 1906, whilst the corresponding
Metropolitan rates are 2.1 and 1.42.
Table "O" shews the percentage of deaths from
each disease on the total number of Zymotic deaths.
TABLE O.
| Measles caused | 71 deaths, | 28.3 per cent., | or 1 in 8-5 | deaths. |
| Scarlatina | 48 | 17.1 | 5.8 | „ |
| Diphtheria | 18 | 7.2 | 13.9 | „ |
| Whooping Cough | 53 | 21.1 | 4.7 | „ |
| Typhus Fever | „ | „ | „ | |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | 2.8 | 35.8 | „ |
| Diarrhoea | 59 | 23.5 | 4.2 | „ |