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Leyton 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TYPHOID.
Table XVIII.—Probable Causes of Infection.
| Imported | 3 |
| Eating Shell Fish | 1 |
| Drinking Water | 2 |
| Contact Cases | 5 |
| Untraceable | 20 |
| Defects in Drains | 8 |
| In West Ham Infirmary:— | |
| Imported | 75 |
| Occurred in Institution | 9 |
| West Ham Union Schools | 0 |
SMALL POX.
Footnote to Table XVI. explains the single case notified this
year—and, as it proved afterwards, wrongly so.
VACCINATION.
The following figures speak for themselves. They are for
the Leyton District:—
Births. Vaccinated. Deaths. Ecemption Certificates outained. Insusceptible.
3344 1790 267 76 12
In 1905, out of 3,208 births, 2,344 were vaccinated, and I
attribute the smaller number operated upon this year as due to
the prevalence of Infantile Diarrhoea, which was, in a very large
number of cases, given by the parents as the reason why the
infants should not be vaccinated. Moreover, Diarrhoea was so
rife as to make the excuse a reasonable one.
WHOOPING COUGH.
This ailment, from which there were 13 more deaths than
in the previous year, was most prevalent during the spring, and
again in November and December.