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Leyton Urban District Council
ANNUAL HEALTH REPORT
FOR 1906,
by
A. F. PESKETT,
Medical Officer of Health.
Gentlemen,—
I beg to present to you my Twenty-first, and last, Annual
Report, that for the year 1906.
For the clearer elucidation of the year's figures some of
the usual Tables, especially No. XI., have been altered, while
new ones have been introduced. I hope the innovation will
meet with general approval.
Owing to the prevalence of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria
during its last three months I regret to say I cannot regard the
year as a healthy one. Of the 906 cases of illness under these two
heads, no less than 452 occurred between October 1st and
December 31st. I am at a loss to account for this unusual
occurrence, but deem it worth while to point out that September
was a very bright and fine month, that in October the weather
was exceptionally fine and mild, and that in November, which
was unusually mild, there was only one frost, and the dull, damp,
sunless days were anything but conducive to the well-being of