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Bethnal Green 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The deaths referred to the orders Miasmatic and Diarrhœal were
509 against 416 last year, an increase of 83. The decennial average
of Zymotic deaths for the ten years 1880 to 1889 was 523.7 (see
Table V). Tho death rate from Zymotic Diseases was 3.94 against
last year, while the corresponding rates for London were 2.24
in 1889 and 2.73 in 1890.
TABLE D.
| 1890. | 1889. | |
|---|---|---|
| . . | . . | |
| . . | ||
| Diarrhœa | ||
| Cholera | ||
| Total |
Of tho total deaths from all causes, sixteen and a half per cent,
were referred to in the diseases in the above-mentioned table.
The Zymotic diseases shewing increase over the preceding year
were Diphtheria, Whooping-cough, and Enteric Fever; in the
following table are shewn the per-centages of each as compared
with the total number of Zymotic deaths.