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Hornsey 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.—The number of deaths
from each disease for 1913 and preceding years is shewn in the
following table: —
NUMBER OF DEATHS 1913-1897 FROM THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
| 1913 | 1912 | 1911 | 1910 | 1909 | 1908 | 1907 | 1906 | 1905 | 1904 | 1903 | 1902 | 1901 | 1900 | 1899 | 1898 | 1897 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles | 12 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 10 |
| Diarrhœa | 14 | 16 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 15 | 29 |
| Totals | 40 | 30 | 78 | 27 | 38 | 46 | 44 | 76 | 38 | 69 | 48 | 35 | 40 | 52 | 65 | 52 | 64 |
There were 40 deaths from Zymotic Diseases in 1913, as against
30 in 1912.
The Zymotic death-rate is equal to .45 per thousand of the
population.
Measles and Whooping Cough are the diseases responsible for
the higher Zymotic death-rate this year as compared with 1912.