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It will be seen that the chief increases were in deaths from
heart disease (15), cancer (26), and measles (23). On the other hand,
definite decreases are shown in deaths from cerebral haemorrhage
(10), nephritis (13), and tuberculosis of respiratory system (13).
Table 3, page 24, gives the official list of the principal causes,
of death in the different age groups.
Graph 2 shows the variation in the death rate in Leyton since
the year 1916. 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.

Zymotic Death Rate.—The deaths during the year from the
seven principal zymotic diseases were as follows:—
Smallpox —
Measles 23
Diphtheria 11
Whooping Cough 2
Diarrhoea 7
Scarlet Fever 2
Enteric Fever 1
The zymotic death rate for 1936 was 0.39 per thousand of the
population compared with a rate of 0.14 for the previous year.