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Bethnal Green 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The deaths from the diseases grouped under the orders Miasmatic
and Diarrheal were 416 against 507 last year, a decrease of 91.0.
The decennial average of Zymotic deaths, for the ten years 1877
to 1886, was 537 (see Table V).
TABLE D.
| 1S86. | 1887. | |
|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 1 | |
| Measles | 108 | 73 |
| Scarlet Fever | 35 | 61 |
| Diphtheria | 21 | 26 |
| Whooping Cough | 148 | 101 |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | 3 |
| Enteric Fever | 25 | 28 |
| Simple Fever | 3 | 0 |
| Diarrhœa | 162 | 117 |
| Cholera | 4 | 6 |
| 507 | 416 |
Of the total deaths from all causes, rather more than 14¼ per cent.
were referred to the diseases included in the above-mentioned Table,
against 16½ per cent. in 1886. The death rate from Zymotic
diseases was 3.20 against 3.93 last year. The corresponding rates
for London were 2.69 in 1886 and 3.03 in 1887.
In the following Table is shewn the per-centage of each as compared
with the total number of Zymotic deaths.