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56 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of 1.23 per 1,000
of the population.
93 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of .86 per 1,000 of the
population.
33 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of .53 per 1,000 of
the population.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was .97 per 1,000 of the population.
In June and early July, 7,440 leaflets were sent to premises where births occurred
during the previous 12 months. These leaflets gave instructions as to the precautions
which were to be taken to prevent deaths from Summer Diarrhoea.
A special film on the Fly Danger was bought by the Council, which was shown
at Cinemas in the various parts of the Borough. No fee was charged for showing
the film.
Special visits and re-visits were made by the Health Visitors during the season
to premises, in which there were infants from 3 to 12 months old, and in which
breast feeding was known to have ceased. Special stress was laid on the methods
to be adopted for storing milk and other food. The mothers were urged to
have milk vessels thoroughly cleansed and scalded, and afterwards kept cool in
water, or wrapped in a damp cloth. The mothers were also advised to have all flies
destroyed by fly-traps, fly-catching papers, etc.
Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
There were 1,056 deaths due to diseases of the Respiratory Organs, which corresponds
to a death rate of 3.97 per 1,000 of the population. This number is 126 more
then in the previous year.
267 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 5.26 per 1,000
of the population.
184 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of 4.07 per 1,000
of the population.
354 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of 3.28 per 1,000 of the
population.
251 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 4.05 per 1,000
of the population.