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Walthamstow 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.
Under this heading are the deaths from the "Seven Principal
Epidemic Diseases," namely, Small-Pox, Erysipelas, Measles, Whooping
Cough, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Diarrhoea.
The rate, based on the total deaths, is .45 per 1,000 of the population,
as compared with .59 in 1919, .80 in 1918, .75 in 1917, 71 in 1916,
1.1 in 1915, .98 in 1914, 1.58 in 1911, and 2.82 in 1901.
A considerably reduced mortality from Measles and Diarrhœal
diseases accounts for this year's favourable rate.
Under all the headings of the Zymotic group, our mortality is less
than that of the whole Country, or of the Great Towns. The mortality
rate for Diphtheria in the 148 Smaller Towns was similar to Walthamstow.