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Heston and Isleworth 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.
The diseases included under the classification of Zymotic are, as in previous
years, Small-Pox, Scarlet-fever, Diphtheria, Typhus, Typhoid and simple
Fevers, Measles, Whooping-cough, Diarrhoea and Dysentry, and Membraneous
Croup.
The deaths from these diseases show a decrease of 14, compared to the
number dne to similar causes in 1904. The decrease in the total is entirely
due to the fewer deaths from Diarrhoea and the absence of any from Measles.
The number of deaths from Whooping-cough was 8 compared to 4 last year,
and there was a very serious increase of 12 in the number caused by
Diphtheria and Croup.
The total number of deaths from Zymotic diseases during the year was
66, giving a Zymotic death-rate of 1'98 per 1000 of population.
The following table shows the details of the deaths and death-rates for Zymotic diseases in 1905, with the corresponding figures for the previous year:—
| Disease. | 1904 | 1905 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Rate. | |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 0.06 | 14 | 0.42 |
| Measles | 6 | 0.10 | ||
| Whooping-cough | 4 | 0.12 | 8 | 0.24 |
| Diarrhœa | 68 | 2.08 | 44 | 1.32 |
| All Zymotic diseases. | 80 | 2.36 | 66 | 1.98 |