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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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The excess of Births over Deaths is 1155 and the average
increase for the past five years is 1090.
Table V.—Distribution of Deaths.
| Master Bakers' Almshouses | 1 |
| Bethnal Green Schools | 0 |
| West Ham Union, Workhouse, Infirmary and Schools | 876 |
| District, including violence, exclusive of above | 1177 |
| 2054 |
Estimating the population at 105000, the Death Rate for the
district is 11.2 against 13.1 per 1000 in 1904; 10.9 in 1903; 11.8.
in 1902; and 12.4 in 1901.
The average Death Rate for the past five years is 11.8.
The average Death Rate for the past ten years is 12.08.
The London Death Rate is 15.6.
The District Zymotic Death Rate is 1.2.
The London Zymotic Death Rate is 1.71.
The London Birth Rate is 27.1.
The District Birth Rate is 30.5.
Table VI.—Vital Statistics of 76 Largest English Towns;
during 1905.
| Birth Rate = | 28.2 |
| Death Rate = | 15.7 |
| Zymotic Rate = | 1.88 |