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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 1904
[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.
| 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Meales | 13 | 31 | 15 | 37 | 25 |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
| Diphtheria | 27 | 36 | 36 | 27 | 14 |
| Membranous Croup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whooping Cough | 47 | 45 | 59 | 40 | 44 |
| Typhus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Typhoid | 14 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 10 |
| Diarrhœa | 113 | 125 | 48 | 36 | 186 |
| Total | 221 | 264 | 183 | 163 | 285 |
| Deaths from all other Diseases | 958 | 979 | 1000 | 949 | 1085 |
| Death-rate from Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases | 2.21 | 2.64 | 1.83 | 1.5 | 27 |
| Death-rate from all other Diseases | 9.5 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 10.4 |
| General Death-rate | 11.8 | 12.34 | 11.8 | 1.08 |