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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
Willesden 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 14.
ZYMOTIC MORTALITY DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS.
RATE PER 1,000.
| 189-1. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900 | 1901. | 1902. | 193. | 1904. | Rate for the Country generally. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 0.09 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.17 |
| Enteric fever | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.09 |
| Diarrhœa | 0.42 | 0.7 | 0.83 | 1.3 | 0.99 | 1.58 | 1.19 | 1.05 | 0.81 | 0.62 | 1.08 | 0.86 |
| Diphtheria | 0.21 | 0.42 | 0.32 | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.42 | 0.24 | 0.45 | 0.40 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.17 |
| Seven principal zymotic diseases | 1.94 | 1.66 | 3.40 | 2.86 | 2.54 | 2.75 | 2.38 | 2.26 | 2.16 | 2.02 | 1.70 | 1.94 |
| General rate from all causes | 13.25 | 13.67 | 15.40 | 14.44 | 12.06 | 13.5 | 13.72 | 13.17 | 13.9 | 12.8 | 12.22 | 16.2 |