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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Table No. V b.
INF A.NT1LE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908.
Deaths from Stated Causes as they occurred in the various Wards under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Leyton.
Lea
Bridge.
Central.
Forest.
Leyton-
stone.
Grove
Green.
Harrow
Green.
Cannhall.
Wanstead
Slip.
Total Deaths
under
One Year.
All Causes.
Certified
12
26
47
21
10
34
43
29
20
242
Uncertified
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
•
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Chicken-pox
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Measles
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
3
Scarlet Fever
—
—
—
-
—
—
—
—
-
-
Diphtheria (including Membranous
Croup)
-
-
-
-
—
—
—
-
-
-
Whooping Cough
—
1
-
-
1
-
1
1
-
4
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms
-
2
6
1
—
2
1
2
2
16
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis,
Gastro-enteritis
2
1
3
-
1
4
5
1
1
18
Gastritis. Gastro-intestinal
Catarrh
-
1
-
-
-
-
—
1
1
3