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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 1908
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1908 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLE M.
| Disease. | 1907. | 1908. |
| Measles | 71 | 105 |
| Scarlet Fever | 43 | 39 |
| Diphtheria | 18 | 29 |
| Whooping Cough | 53 | 42 |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | 13 |
| Diarrhœa | 59 | 102 |
| Totals | 251 | 330 |
The death rate from these Zymotic diseases is 2*46
against 1*92 in 1907; whilst the corresponding Metropolitan
rates are T.42 and I.35.
Table N shews the percentage of deaths from each
disease on the total number of zymotic deaths.
TABLE N. Measles caused 105 deaths, 31"8 per cent., or 1 in 8-1 deaths
| Scarlet Fever | ,, | 39 | ,, | 11.8 | „ | „ | 8.4 | „ |
| Diphtheria | „ | 29 | „ | 9.0 | „ | „ | 11.0 | „ |
| Whooping Cough | „ | 42 | „ | 12.7 | „ | „ | 7.8 | „ |
| Enteric Fever | „ | 13 | „ | 3.9 | „ | „ | 25.3 | „ |
| Diarrhœa | „ | 102 | „ | 30.9 | „ | „ | 3.2 | „ |
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The total number of notification certificates
received at the office was 1,740; four of these referred
to addresses outside Bethnal Green, and 116
were duplicates; so that the actual number of cases