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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
Hendon 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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20
CAUSES OF DEATH.
On reference to Table III. it will be seen that a complete
list of all the deaths of parishioners is set out.
The Zymotic Death-Rate for the year equals 1.23 per
1,000. Last year this rate was .38 per 1,000.
The deaths from diseases upon which the Zymotic Death-Rate is calculated are as follows:—
| Smallpox | 0 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 |
| Measles | 22 |
| Epidemic Diarrhoea | 15 |
| Diphtheria | 6 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 |
| Typhoid Fever | 2 |
| 55 |