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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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Table: Table XI. ( Cont.)—Chief Causes of Death.

Table XI. ( Cont.)—Chief Causes of Death.

Under 5 years.5 years and overTotal
Influenza178
Typhoid Fever099
Puerperal Fever022
Erysipelas257
Measles27431
Whooping Cough23124
Diarrhoea52153
Enteritis718
Rheumatic Fever044
Phthisis19495
Diseases of the Respiratory Organs96128224
Heart Disease59499
Cancer08484
Tubercular Diseases other than Phthisis171229
Violence191938
All other Diseases140258398
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Included in the 53 deaths from Diarrhoea are those of 9 illegitimate
children, the ignorance of whose mothers or foster mothers
was perhaps a contributory cause.

Table: Table XII.—Number of Deaths and Death-Rate per 1000 of the Population from Certain Causes.

Table XII.—Number of Deaths and Death-Rate per 1000 of the Population from Certain Causes.

Phthisisand Tubercular Diseases.Respira- tory Diseases.Heart Disease.Violence.Premature Birth.Diarrhoea.
Number of deaths13322499384253
Death-rate per 10001.32.2.9.3.4.5
Deaths in 1904170219975349186