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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 17.
ZYMOTIC MORTALITY DURING THE LAST 15 YEARS. RATE PER 1,000.
| 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1909. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate for 76 Great Towns. | Rate for Eng. and Wales less the 218 towns. | |||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet fever | 0.09 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.06 |
| Enteric fever | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Diarrhœa | 0.42 | 0.70 | 0.84 | 1.31 | 1.04 | 1.57 | 1.19 | 1.05 | 0.85 | 0.62 | 1.08 | 0.71 | 1.17 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.17 |
| Diphtheria | 0.21 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.72 | 0.68 | 0.43 | 0.24 | 0.45 | 0.43 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0. 12 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.14 |
| *Zymotic death-rate | 1.94 | 1.66 | 3.40 | 2.86 | 2.54 | 2.75 | 2.38 | 2.26 | 2.16 | 2.02 | 1.70 | 1.76 | 1.70 | 1.48 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 1.42 | 0.80 |
| Rate from all causes | 1.32 | 14.5 | 15.3 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 15.2 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 13.9 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 |
* Zymotic death-rate is the death-rate from the seven principal zymotic diseases, viz., Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever.
Diarrhœa, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, and Typhoid Fever.