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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 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: In the following table the death rate and Zymotic death rate are so arranged that comparison can be made for the preceding ten years:—

In the following table the death rate and Zymotic death rate are so arranged that comparison can be made for the preceding ten years:—

18931894189518961897189818991900190119021903
Small Pox...........................6...
Measlesa1562426...16...32...
Scarlet Fever10331...326212
Diphtheria255828874642
Whooping Cough517521...10144161320
Typhoid Fever42222...74145
Diarrhoea and Dysentery6017443780505650692321
Puerperal Fever642......1...1.........
Total Number of Deaths from seven Zymotic Diseases89636793130788685948350
Deaths from other Causes396330411371373439423443425516380
Total Deaths486393478464503517509528519599430
Death Rate from seven Zymotic Diseases per 1,0003.42.22.43.14.12.32.52.22.41.81.0
Death Rate from other causes per 1,00015.212.014.812.611.813.512.611.511.311.67.6
General Death Rate per 1,00018614.217.215.715.915.815.113.713.713.48.6

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The London Zymotic death rate for 1903 was 176