London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1914
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
This page requires JavaScript
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. TABLE K.
| Disease. | Deaths at Home. | Deaths in Hospitals. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | — | 7 | 7 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 24 | 28 |
| Enteric Fever | - | 4 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 2 | 2 |
| Measles | 48 | 22 | 70 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | — | 1 | 1 |
| Polio-Myelitis | - | 2 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 27 | 21 | 43 |
THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
(Decennial average of deaths from Zymotic Disease, 285.)
The total number of deaths from the diseases usually
included under this heading was 330, an increase of 78.
There has been a general increase of fatality in each
disease with the exception of Enteric Fever, as will
be seen from the following comparative table of mortalities
in 1913-14:—
TABLE L.
| Disease. | 1913. | 1914. |
|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | — | |
| Measles | 59 | 70 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 7 |
| Diphtheria | 11 | 28 |
| Whooping Cough | 30 | 48 |
| Entcric Fever | 4 | 4 |
| Diarrhœa | 145 | 173 |
| Totals | 252 | 330 |