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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 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Table XIII.— 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.
| 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | - | - | - | 2 | — |
| Measles | 23 | 13 | 31 | 15 | 37 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 13 |
| Diphtheria | 31 | 27 | 36 | 36 | 27 |
| Membranous Croup Whooping Cough | 34 | 47 | 45 | 59 | 40 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid | 8 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 10 |
| Diarrhœa | 169 | 113 | 125 | 48 | 36 |
| Total | 269 | 221 | 264 | 183 | 163 |
| Deaths from all other Diseases | 993 | 958 | 979 | 1000 | 949 |
| Death-rate from Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases | 2.9 | 2.21 | 2.64 | 1.88 | 1.5 |
| Death-rate from all other Diseases | 10.6 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 9.8 |
| General Death-rate | 13.5 | 11.8 | 12.34 | 11.8 | 10.8 |
Of the 163 deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 113, or 69.3 per cent., were due to the non-notifiable Diseases,
Measles, Whooping Cough, and Diarrhoea.