London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Heston and Isleworth 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
This page requires JavaScript
29
Deaths from Zymotic Disease.
The diseases included under the classification of Zymotic are
as in previous years, Small-pox, Scarlet-fever, Diphtheria, Typhus,
Typhoid, Measles, Whooping-cough, Diarrhoea and Croup.
The number of deaths caused by these diseases during the
year was much in excess of the number from similar causes in
1907, though below the large total of the previous year.
In considering the facts given under this heading it must be
remembered that the deaths from zymotic diseases include deaths
at all ages, and in consequence the number of infants dying from
diarrhoea has a very material effect on the figures for the whole
population.
The total number of deaths from zymotic diseases registered
during the year was 74, a number equal to 14.0 per cent, of the
deaths at all ages from all causes. The deaths from similar causes
in 1905 formed 16.8 per cent, of the total, in 1906, 16.0 per cent.,
and in 1907, 9.5 per cent.
The following are the details of the 74 deaths from Zymotic diseases:—
| 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhœa | 57 | 25 | 48 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles | 17 | 7 | 4 |
| Whooping-cough | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 83 | 44 | 74 |
Deaths from similar causes that occurred in the previous two
years are given in separate columns for the purpose of comparison.
All the above cases were residents; such non-residents as died
from Zymotic diseases in the district are excluded from the total,
as in their cases the disease was not contracted in the district,
and therefore has no relation to local sanitary conditions. If such