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WHOOPING COUGH.
Judging from the number of deaths, the above disease was less prevalent in
Shoreditch during 1899, some 44 deaths being attributed to this disorder, as compared
with 97 in 1898, 60 in 1897, 115 in 1896, 83 in 1895, and 86 in 1894. With one
exception the whole of the deaths were of children under five years of age. The deathrate
from whooping cough was 0.36 per 1,000, as compared with 0.80 in 1898, 0.49 in
1897, 0.94 in 1896, 0.67 in 1895, 0.70 in 1894, and 0.54 in 1893.
Whooping cough was the cause of some 1,720 deaths in the metropolis during 1899,
the death-rate being 0'38 per 1,000, as compared with 0.48 for last year.
INFLUENZA.
Influenza was prevalent in Shoreditch from the beginning of February to the
middle of April, and again during the month of December. The deaths due to this
disorder numbered 35, as compared with 22 in 1898, 16 in 1897, 7 in 1896, 57 in 1895,
15 in 1894, and 36 in 1893.
Influenza in the Metropolis resulted during 1899 in some 1,817 deaths, as
compared with 1,283 in 1898, and 671 in 1897, the deaths being most numerous
during the months of February, March, April, and December. Deaths were least
numerous during August and September.
TUBERCULOUS DISEASE.
The diseases grouped under the above heading (see Appendix Table XXIX.) resulted
during the year in 353 deaths, 250 of which were attributed to phthisis or
consumption. 19 to tabes mesenterica or consumption of the bowels in infants, 29 to
tuberculous meningitis or inflammation of the membranes of the brain, and 55 to
other forms of tuberculosis. Nearly one-eighth of the total number of deaths of
Shoreditch parishioners during 1899 was the result of consumption and the other
forms of tuberculous disease.
The deaths from consumption together with the deaths and death-rates from all
forms of tuberculous disease for the years 1892-99 inclusive, are contained in the
subjoined table:—