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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
East Ham 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The number of deaths from the seven principal zymotic diseases was 278, distributed as follows :—
| Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 22 | 38 | l6 | 48 | 57 | 97 | 278 |
The death-rate from these seven zymotic diseases was 2-25
per 1,000, as compared with 2.91 in 1904.
The following Table gives the Zymotic Death-rate in each Ward, in the Borough as a whole, and in England, and Wales :—
| Beckton and N. Woolwich. | Central East Ward. | Central West Ward. | Manor Park Ward. | Plashet East Ward. | Plashet West Ward. | Whole District. | England and Wales. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | 42 | 70 | 65 | 44 | 25 | 32 | 278 | |
| Rate per 1,000 of Population J | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
The zymotic mortality during the past 5 years has been as
follows:—