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Leyton Urban District Council.
ANNUAL HEALTH REPORT
FOR 1905,
by
A, F. PESKETT,
Medical Officer of Health.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present to you my Twentieth Annual Report, that
for the year 1905.
The year was an exceptionally healthy one, entirely free from
epidemics, although in' the early part of the year there was an
outbreak of Measles in the Ruckholt, Newport, Farmer, Norlington
Road, and Davies Lane Schools, which were followed in the autumn
by further slight outbreaks in the Harrow Green and Capworth
Street Schools. Just before Christmas, Mumps were prevalent in
the Goodall Road and Downsell Road Schools, but otherwise the
health of the Schools was excellent, the general attendance being
89 per cent. for the year.
The effect of the rainfall upon the general health is again
worthy of note. In 1903, as I noted in my last Report, over
35 inches of rain fell, and our Death Rate was 10.9. Last year,
1904, with 17.46 inches of rain our Death Rate was 13.1, and this
year with 19.44 inches of rain the Death Rate has gone down
again to 11.2