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above with respect to measles may be applied to some extent to
whooping cough. There is no doubt that the latter disease is in itself
more serious, and complications are more numerous, independent of
neglect and exposure; but the two circumstances will in this disease,
as well as in measles, lead to a greatly increased mortality. We are
doing something in this Borough to awaken the uninformed to a
knowledge of the serious character of this disease, and instructing
them in the measures which should be adopted to lessen its mortality.
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Tuberculous Disease.—Under this bead I include all those
deaths due to tubercle of the body whether general or confined to
certain organs. Thus, during 1902, there were 449 deaths from
tuberculous diseases and they were registered under the following
heads:—
Tuberculous Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) 125
Phthisis 179
Tuberculous Meningitis 49
„ Peritonitis 11
Tabes Mesenterica 25
Tubercle of other Organs 2
General Tuberculosis 58
449
This total is slightly less than that for 1901, the deaths from the
same cause being 499 during that year. The death-rate from
tuberculous diseases during 1902 is 2 per 1,000 living persons.
Cancer.—During the past year there were 190 deaths in the
Borough of Hackney registered from this cause. This is equivalent