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West Ham 1899

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899

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West Ham Zymotic Death.rate during the past 16 years.

Year.No. of Deaths from Chief Zymotic Diseases.Zymotic Death.rate, per 1,000 living.Remarks.
18834202.9
18846964.6Small.pox epidemic.
18851,0146.3,, ,,
18865633.3
18874605.2Half.year report only.
18884662.6Notification introduced.
18893521.9
18907524.1Measles epidemic.
18914892.3
18927213.3Scarlatina epidemic.
18939134.0Small.pox & Whooping.cough.
18948303.4j Small.pox, first half.year; (two epidemics of Diphtheria.
18959513.9Enteric Fever and Small.pox.
18969823.9Plaistow Fever Hospl. opened.
18979533.6
18989843.5
18991,2884.4Dagenham Small.pox Hospital opened. Epidemic Diarrhoea.