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It will be seen that the chief decreases were in deaths from
heart disease (73), influenza (36) and bronchitis (31).
Table 2, page 17, 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 1918. 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. (See page 19.)
Distribution in Wards.
The distribution of deaths and the death rates in the different
wards are given below :—
Ward.
Total Deaths.
Leyton
87
Lea Bridge
177
Central North
80
„ South
97
Forest
159
Leytonstone
170
Grove Green
98
Harrow Green
91
Cannhall
111
Wanstead Slip
77
Zymotic Death Rate.—The deaths during the year from the
seven principal zymotic diseases were as follows :—
Smallpox —
Measles 5
Diphtheria 2
Whooping Cough 2
Diarrhcea 7
Scarlet Fever —
Enteric Fever —
The zymotic death rate for 1938 was 0.13 per thousand of the
population compared with a rate of 0.17 for the previous year.