[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton].

  • Leyton (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1907?]
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    Leyton Urban District Council ANNUAL HEALTH REPORT FOR 1906, by A. F. PESKETT, Medical Officer of Health. Gentlemen,— I beg to present to you my Twenty-first, and last, Annual Report, that for the year 1906. For the clearer elucidation of the year's figures some of the usual Tables, especially No. XI., have been altered, while new ones have been introduced. I hope the innovation will meet with general approval. Owing to the prevalence of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria during its last three months I regret to say I cannot regard the year as a healthy one. Of the 906 cases of illness under these two heads, no less than 452 occurred between October 1st and December 31st. I am at a loss to account for this unusual occurrence, but deem it worth while to point out that September was a very bright and fine month, that in October the weather was exceptionally fine and mild, and that in November, which was unusually mild, there was only one frost, and the dull, damp, sunless days were anything but conducive to the well-being of