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Leyton 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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The following is the rainfall for each month in this district:—

Inches.
January0.85 deficient.
February1.20 deficient.
March0.98 deficient.
April1.22
May0.28
June2.12
July1.40
August0.90
September5.31 excessive.
October3.20 excessive.
November1.20
December3.07 excessive.
Total21.73 inches.

The average yearly rainfall for this district is about 24 inches.
At no time has there been an epidemic of any disease, in fact, I
shall be able to shew that there has been a decrease both in the amount
of sickness and in the rate of mortality
The Water Supply of the district again failed, although not to
the same extent as during 1895. In June, at one period, the supply
was cut off from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and in July it was curtailed to a
six-hour service, and then limited even more.
The most interesting events in the Sanitary History of the
district during the year are the construction of the present Isolation
Hospital and the completion of the Dust and Sludge Destructor.
POPULATION.
The district still increases rapidly in population, and I have
decided to estimate the total at 77,000 at the middle of the year,
exclusive of Public Institutions, which alone have a population of
2,380.
During the year there have been 707 houses erected and certified
as being fit for occupation.
Area 2,500 acres
No. of persons per acre 30
The following are the Returns of the number of children attending
the various Board Schools and National Schools in the district.