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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
Heston and Isleworth 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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The Zymotic death-rates in previous years have been as follows:—
Year. Rate per 1000 of population.
1895 2.7
1896 2.49
1897 1.39
1898 3.73
1899 2.93
1900 1.79
1901 2.58
1902 1.58
1903 1.43
1904 2.36
1905 1.98
The death-rates per 1000 from certain other common diseases were as
follows:—
Phthisis and other tuberculous diseases 1.14
Diseases of respiratory organs, excluxing phthisis 2.46
Cancer 0.57
Heart diseases 1.20
Influenza 0.12