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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 VI. Shewing the number of Deaths from the Seven principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of Hospital Deaths in the 10 years,' 1898 to 1907, and in the year 1908.

DISEASE.1898189919001901190219031904190519061807Annual Average of 10 years 1898-1907.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 year 1898-1907.1908Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1908.
Small Pox.........264...8......72.8......
Measles1519063845985894860718032.810546.1
Scarlet Fever1191244191318272243229.03917.1
Diphtheria646460633326483120184317.62912.7
Whooping Cough1104493388941445063536325.84218.4
Fever17381820151279147166.5135.7
Diarrhœa143157103119601121471191525911748.010244.8
496402349370339289361284331251348142.7330145.0