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Graph 2 shows the variation in the death rate in Leyton since
the year 1913. The diagram shows in striking fashion the effect
of the great epidemic of Influenza in 1918, and also that of the
Influenza epidemic of 1929, which was responsible in great measure
for the increased mortality during that year.
Distribution in Wards.
The distribution of deaths and the death rates in the different
wards are given below:—
Ward.
Total Deaths.
Deaths per 1,000
of Population.
Leyton
127
14.1
Lea Bridge
198
9.0
Central North
115
10.4
,, South
115
10.1
Forest
224
11.3
Leytonstone
192
14.2
Grove Green
128
12.4
Harrow Green
98
7.9
Cannhall
141
10.2
Wanstead Slip
113
13.7
Zymotic Death Rate.—The deaths which occurred during the
year from the seven principal zymotic diseases were as follows:—
Smallpox —
Measles 1
Diphtheria 7
Whooping Cough 4
Diarrhœa 6
Scarlet Fever 4
Enteric Fever —
The zymotic death rate for 1933 was 0.17 per thousand of the
population compared with a rate of 0.45 for the previous year.
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Senile Mortality.
In the List of the Principal Causes of Death (Table 3) the
deaths are classified in eight age-groups, of which the last includes
all deaths occurring in persons of 65 years of age and upwards.