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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Table XVII.—Deaths from the Nine Chief Zymotic Diseases for the last Seven Years together with the Zymotic Death Rate and Rate of Mortality from all other Diseases.
| 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 13 | 31 | 15 | 37 | 25 | 26 | 30 |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Diphtheria | 27 | 36 | 36 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 33 |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 47 | 45 | 59 | 40 | 44 | 28 | 37 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid | 14 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
| Diarrhoea | 113 | 125 | 48 | 36 | 186 | 55 | 117 |
| Total | 221 | 264 | 183 | 163 | 285 | 148 | 241 |
| Deaths from all other Diseases | 958 | 979 | 1000 | 949 | 1085 | 1029 | 1086 |
| Death Rate from Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases | 2.21 | 2.64 | 1.83 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 2.3 | |
| Death Rate from all other Diseases | 9.5 | 97 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 9.9 |
| General Death Rate | 11.8 | 12.34 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 13.1 | 11.2 | 12.2 |