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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
Acton 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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In the following table the death rate and Zymotic death rate are so arranged that comparison can be made for the last fourteen years:—
| 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
| Measles | 25 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 6 | ... | 16 | ... | 32 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 4 | ... | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 21 | ... | 10 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 13 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Diarrhoea and Dysentery | 12 | 18 | 24 | 34 | 60 | 17 | 44 | 37 | 80 | 50 | 56 | 50 | 69 | 23 |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Total number of Deaths from seven Zymotic Diseases | 60 | 43 | 45 | 91 | 89 | 63 | 67 | 93 | 130 | 78 | 86 | 85 | 94 | 83 |
| Deaths from other Causes | 377 | 298 | 368 | 334 | 396 | 330 | 411 | 371 | 373 | 439 | 423 | 443 | 425 | 516 |
| Total Deaths | 437 | 341 | 413 | 425 | 486 | 393 | 478 | 464 | 503 | 517 | 509 | 528 | 519 | 599 |
| Death Rate from seven Zymotic Diseases per 1,000 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| Death Rate from other Causes per 1,000 | 16.1 | 12.0 | 15.3 | 13.4 | 15.2 | 12.0 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 12.6 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.6 |
| General Death Rate per 1,000 | 18.9 | 13.9 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 18.6 | 14.2 | 17.2 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 15.1 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.4 |
The London Zymotic death rate for 1902 was 2.21.