Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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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.
1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | |||
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Small Pox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Measles | 4 | 36 | 50 | 20 | 6 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 24 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 17 | ||
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 47 | 34 | 69 | 26 | 21 | ||
Whooping Cough | 25 | 21 | 26 | 52 | 24 | ||
Fevers | Typhus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Typhoid | 17 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 14 | ||
Diarrhoea | 94 | 36 | 72 | 87 | 121 | ||
Deaths from the Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases | 212 | 149 | 240 | 198 | 203 | ||
Deaths from all other Diseases | 797 | 663 | 840 | 612 | 808 | ||
1009 | 812 | 1080 | 810 | 1011 | |||
Death-rate from Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases | 3.3 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
Death-rate from all other Diseases | 12.4 | 9.5 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 9.5 | ||
General Death-rate | 15.7 | 11.6 | 14.4 | 11.8 | 11.8 |
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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