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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Table No. VI.
Return of the number of cases of Infectious Disease reported
to the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1909, and of deaths
from the diseases notified:—
Cases notified
in 1909.
Deaths registered
in 1900.
Small Pox
—
—
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever
491
8
Diphtheria (including Membranous
Croup)
201
27
Typhus Fever
—
—
*Enteric or Typhoid Fever
21
3
Continued Fever
1
—
Relapsing Fever
—
—
Puerperal Fever
10
6
Cholera
—
—
Erysipelas
99
—
Plague
—
—
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
(Poor Law Cases)
122
99
Totals
945
143
*One case of Enteric Fever included in this table proved to be Pneumonia.