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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 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: Table XIII.—Deaths from the S even Chief Z ymotic Diseases for the last Five Years, together with the Zymotic Death-rate and Rate of Mortality from all other Diseases.

Table XIII.—Deaths from the S even Chief Z ymotic Diseases for the last Five Years, together with the Zymotic Death-rate and Rate of Mortality from all other Diseases.

18931894189518961897
Small Pox10000
Measles43650206
Scarlet Fever241112617
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup4734692621
Whooping Cough2521265224
FeversTyphus00000
Typhoid171111714
Diarrhoea94367287121
Deaths from the Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases212149240198203
Deaths from all other Diseases797663840612808
100981210808101011
Death-rate from Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases3.32.13.22.52.3
Death-rate from all other Diseases12.49.511.29.39.5
General Death-rate15.711.614.411.811.8

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Of the 203 deaths from Zymotic Diseases 151 (over 77%) were due to the three non-notifiable Diseases :
Measles, Whooping Cough, and Diarrhoea.
The Zymotic Death-rate for England and Wales for 1897 is 2.15 per thousand.
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