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MEASLES.
Measles caused 84 deaths, 41 of males and 43 of females, all of children under
ten years of age. Seven of the deaths belonged to Shoreditch South, twelve to
Hoxton New Town, twenty-five to Hoxton Old Town, and forty to Haggerston. The
death-rate due to the disease was 072 per 1,000 inhabitants as compared with 0.64 in
1901, 0.63 in 1900, 0.69 in 1899, 0.83 in 1898, and 0.91 in 1897. The death-rates for
previous years are contained in the report of 1901. The deaths from measles were
most numerous during March and least during May.
The deaths from measles in London during the year 1902 numbered 2,360, the
death-rate being 0.51 per 1,000 inhabitants.
WHOOPING COUGH.
Whooping cough resulted in 74 deaths, 28 of males and 46 of females. All the
deaths were of children under ten years of age, and 71 of them were under five years
of age. The death-rate due to this disorder was 0.63 per 1,000 inhabitants as compared
with 0.49 for 1901. The figures for previous years are given in the report for
1901.
The deaths from whooping cough in the Metropolis during 1902 amounted to
1,876, and the death-rate was 0.40 per 1,000 inhabitants.
INFLUENZA.
This disease caused 14 deaths during 1902 as compared with 16 in 1901, 52 in
1900, 35 in 1899, 22 in 1898, and 16 in 1897. The figures for previous years are contained
in the report for 1901. The deaths mostly occurred during the months of
January, February, November and December.
The deaths from influenza in London during 1902, numbered 1,036, as compared
with 664 in 1901, 1,950 in 1900, and 1,817 in 1899. The deaths were most numerous
during 1902 in the months of February, March and December.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis, (see Appendix Table V. Nos. 29 to 34) caused 295 deaths, as against
363 in 1901 and 343 in 1900, About one-eighth of the total mortality in the Borough
during the year under consideration resulted from tuberculosis, in the majority of cases
from that form affecting the lungs known as phthisis or consumption. The death-rate
due to tuberculosis in Shoreditch during 1902 was at the rate of 2.5 per 1,000
inhabitants, varying from 2.3 in Haggerston to 3.0 in Shoreditch South.
The deaths attributed to consumption numbered 210, the mortality being at the
rate of 1.80 per 1,000 inhabitants, the average for the previous ten years being 2.08 per
1,000 inhabitants.