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Tables I., II., IV., V., VI., and VII. (see Appendix) give the causes of death
and the death-rates for the whole Borough and its eight wards, together with other
information bearing upon the mortality amongst the inhabitants of Shoreditch during
the year. A comparison of the rates in the several wards will show that the deathrate
varied very considerably in the different localities. As last year, the rate was
highest in the Whitmore Ward and lowest in Moorfieldis, being 24.7 per 1,000 in the
former and 13.9 in the latter. This great difference is doubtless to be accounted for by
Whitmore Ward containing a larger proportion of the poorest of th; inhabitants of the
Borough, and being about three times as thickly populated as Moorfields Ward.
The death-rate for the Borough was above the mean rate for the year during the
first four months. It was below the mean from about the middle of May until the
end of July. The lowest point reached was in the last week of July, the rate recorded
for that week being 9.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. With the beginning of August the
death-rate rose rapidly and was above the mean until the last week of September,
the highest point for the year being reached during the second week in September, when
the death-rate amounted to 28.5 per 1,000. The rate was below the mean again from
the beginning of October until the second week in December, when it rapidly went
up above the mean, being for two weeks over 28 per 1,000. The high rate during
August and September was due to the prevalence of summer diarrhœa, which resulted
in numerous deaths during that period. The rise during the last few weeks of the year
was the result of an increased number of deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs.
The deaths of infants under the age of one year numbered 651 of which 340 were
of males and 311 of females. They amounted to a little over 28 per cent. of the total
number of deaths at all ages. The proportion of infants under one year dying during
the year to the total number of births belonging to Shoreditch registered
during the same period was at the rate of 168 per 1,000, which,
although somewhat higher than that for 1905, is nevertheless considerably below the
average for the previous twelve years.
The infantile mortalitv in the Borouerh is greater amongst males than females.

The above figures give an average of 193 as the infantile mortality for males, and
167 for females, which shows that during the period referred to, the infantile mortality
amongst males was about 15 per cent. higher than amongst females.