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5. Sunlight and fresh air are absolutely essential, therefore
the windows should be kept constantly open, and damp
and dark rooms are to be avoided.
6. The patient must avoid kissing others on the lips.
The Public Health Department will gladly disinfect
rooms, bedding, and clothing on request, and will supply
disinfectant and spit-bottles to those unable to afford
to buy the same.
J. FRANCIS TAYLOR,
Medical Officer of Health.
Town Hall, Leyton,
November, 1909.
ZYMOTIC DEATH-RATE.
The deaths which occurred during the year from the seven
zymotic diseases were distributed among those diseases as follows
Measles, 29; Scarlet Fever, 8; Whooping Cough, 33; Diphtheria,
27; Fever, 3; Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis, 17.
Our zymotic death-rate is therefore .97 per 1,000 of the population,
that of England and Wales being 1.12, and of the 76 Great
Towns 1.42 per 1,000.
In 1908 our zymotic death-rate was .9, in 1907 it was 1.7,
and in 1906 it was 2.3.