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Measles.
The number of deaths was 62, or 21 more than in the previous year.
Although higher than in recent years, the number is low compared to
what it used to be in former years.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was at the rate of '24 per
1,000, while that for the whole of London was .35 per 1,000 of the population.
16 of the deaths belonged to the Limehouse district, or at the rate
of .30 per 1,000.
12 of the deaths belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate
of .29 per 1,000.
21 of the deaths belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at rate
of .20 per 1,000.
13 of the deaths belonged to the Whitechapel district, or at the rate
of .24 per 1,000.
The annual number of deaths from Measles since 1901, is as
follows:—
1901 155
1902 158
1903 162
1904 176
1905 151
1906 171
1907 155
1908 264
1909 236
1910 93
1911 291
1912 172
1913 95
1914 174
1915 113
1916 63
1917 103
1918 145
1919 14
1920 48
1921 41
1922 63