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These cases are grouped according to ages in Table III. (Appendix).
Of the cases certified, 96 per cent, were removed to hospital, as compared
with 90 per cent, in 1908, 94 in 1907, 91 in 1906, 93 in 1905, 94 in 1904, 88 in
1903, 84 in 1902, 83 in 1901, 86 in 1900, 80 in 1899, 77 in 1898, 67 in
1897, and 6.5 in 1896.
The cases certified were at the rate of 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared
with 1.7 in 1908. The attack rate was highest in Moorfields, and lowest
in Acton and Haggerston Wards, being 3.5 per 1,000 inhabitants in the former
and 1.1 in the latter wards.
The deaths numbered 21, the death rate being 0.18 per 1,000, as compared
with 0.11 in 1908, 0.17 in 1907, 0.12 in 1906, 0.14 in 1905, 0.16 in 1904, 0.18 in
1903, 0.18 in 1902, 0.23 in 1901, 0.45 in 1900, and 0.52 in 1899. The diphtheria
death rates in the wards of the Borough are contained in Table VII. (Appendix).
The rate was highest in Hoxton Ward. For the second year in succession no
deaths from diphtheria occurred amongst the inhabitants of Acton Ward.
The case mortality was 11.5 per cent, of the cases certified, as compared
with 6.4 in 1908, 9.5 in 1907, 10.5 in 1906, 15.2 in 1905, and 10.3 in 1904. The
case mortalities for previous years are contained in the report for 1906.
Of the deaths during 1909, 18 were of children under five years of age, the
mortality being at the rate of 15.7 per cent of the cases certified amongst
children belonging to that age period (17.6 per cent., allowing for errors in
diagnosis), as compared with 9.5 in 1908, 15.6 in 1907, 16 in 1906, 14.7 in