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Walthamstow 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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TABLE VIII.

Small-Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Croup.Typhoid.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Zymotic Enteritis.Total.
190306171952342837193
1902206174131423235125
19011133812432613110274
Gastro-Enteritis.
190005717635411027283
189906649193334144309
18980340693924162283

To make comparison with previous years easier, the deaths from
Enteritis are not included in the foregoing table.
The following Table gives the deaths from the seven principal
Zymotic diseases in the four quarters of the year

TABLE IX.

Small-Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Croup.Measles.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis.Enteritis.Totals.Totals for 1900.Totals for 1901.Totals for 1902.
1st Quarter046012553136444431
2nd „014027813044455129
3rd „0150121634088514217142
4th „00201510191148523434
Total061705234196520213283300136

The following Table shows graphically the death-rate from these
diseases for the previous 10 years, with the rate for 1903 :—