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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 1914
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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The death rate from these Zymotic diseases is 2.58
for 1914, against 1.97 for the previous year, the
corresponding rates for the whole of London being 2.21
and 1.37. The deaths from Zymotic diseases form 16.2
per cent. of the total mortality from all causes.
Table M shows the percentage of deaths from each
of these diseases, calculated upon the total number of
Zymotic deaths.
TABLE M.
| Small Pox | caused 0 deaths | 0 per cent. | |
| Measles | „ 70 „ | 21.2 „ or | 1 in 4.7 deaths. |
| Scarlatina | „ 7 „ | 2.1 „ | „ 47.1 „ |
| Diphtheria | „ 28 „ | 8.5 „ | „ 11.8 „ |
| Whooping Cough | „ 48 „ | 14.5 „ | „ 6.9 „ |
| Typhus Fever | „ 0 „ | 0 „ | — |
| Enteric Fever | „ 4 „ | 1.2 „ | „ 82.5 „ |
| Diarrhœa | „ 173 „ | 52.4 „ | „ 1.9 „ |
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
During the year a proposal was made by the
London County Council, and referred to the Borough
Councils by the Local Government Board, to the effect
that it should be made the duty of Medical Officers of
Health to report to the County Medical Officer of Health
on the occurrence of any case of epidemic disease, and
to furnish any subsequent information elicited in the
course of enquiry.
I reported to the Public Health Committee that I
was quite unaware of any necessity for the proposed