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Teddington 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Teddington]

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A very low rate must be striking evidence of
two facts, viz:—that the working class population
are living under very favourable conditions, and
that vice is not rampant. Premature birth only
accounted for 3 deaths, and Debility for 4; and
the number of deaths of illegitimate infants shews
a very satisfactory decrease: only two being
recorded out of 19 births, against 5 out of 8 births
last year.
A detailed account of the Infantile Mortality
will be found on Table V.
PRINCIPAL EPIDEMIC DISEASES
The diseases which come under this category
are:—Small-Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping
Cough, Diphtheria, the fevers (Typhus, Enteric,
and Continued) and Diarrhoea.
The total number of deaths resulting from
these diseases was four only, and these were all
attributable to Whooping Cough.
This shows a Zymotic death rate of • 21 per
1000, and a percentage of 2.28 of the deaths from
all causes.
For comparative rates of other districts see
table on page 9.
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

During the year 1910 the total number of cases notified in Teddington was 47, made up as follows: —

Scarlet Fever19
Diphtheria19
Erysipelas9
47