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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

Leyton 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: Table XIV.—Deaths from the Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases for the last Five Years, together with the Zymotic Death Rate and Rate of Mortality from all other Diseases.

Table XIV.—Deaths from the Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases for the last Five Years, together with the Zymotic Death Rate and Rate of Mortality from all other Diseases.

18921893189418951896
Small Pox01000
Measles334365020
Scarlet Fever192411126
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup3347346926
Whooping Cough5725212652
FeversTyphus00000
Typhoid91711117
Diarrhoea4594367287
Deaths from the Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases197212149240198
Deaths from all other Diseases776797663840612
97210098121080810
Death Rate from Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases3.13.32.13.22.5
Death Rate from all other Diseases12.312.49.511.29.3
General Death Rate15.415.711.614.411.8

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Of the 198 deaths from Zymotic Diseases 159 (over 80%) were due to the three non-notifiable Diseases:—
Measles, Whooping Cough and Diarrhoea.
The Zymotic Death Rate for England and Wales for 1896 is 2.18 per thousand