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housing.
The occupants of these 580 houses numbered 9,295 persons, 0,512 under 10 years, and
2,783 aged 10 years and upwards. The morbidity rate (notified diseases) was 8.39 per 1,000
persons, compared with a rate of 1.78 for the rest of the Borough.
The deaths of occupants (including those dying in institutions) numbered 247—111 at
ages under 10 years, and 130 at ages of 10 years and upwards. The causes of death are
indicated below—
Age Under 10 yrs. 10 yrs. and over. Under 10 yrs. 10 yrs. and over.
Measles 11 — "Cancer" — 10
Scarlet Fever 4 — Developmental Diseases 20 —
Whooping Cough 5 — Old age — 8
Diphtheria 2 — Respiratory Diseases 26 24
Enteric Fever — 1 Alcoholism — 4
Diarrhoeal Diseases 19 — Cirrhosis of Liver — 2
Erysipelas — 1 Overlaid in Bed 3 —
Other Septic Diseases — 1 Accidents 3 5
Syphilis 2 1 Suicides — 2
Tubercular Diseases 9 22 Other causes 7 55
Owing to the additions to the Register during the year, last year's returns cannot be
compared with those of previous years. The death-rates last year were 39.88 per 1,000 persons
under 10 years of age, and 20.88 per 1,000 persons aged 10 years and upwards. The rates
for the rest of the Borough were 28.10 and 11.38 respectively.
Clarendon Street Area.—This Area was the subject of a full report in 1901. Since that
date the Area has been under constant supervision. In Table 39 will be found the more
important particulars as to morbidity and mortality for 1903 compared with the mean-
TABLE 39.
Rates of Morbidity and Mortality per 1,000 persons of all ages, except where
otherwise indicated.
Clarendon Street Area.
Rest of Borough.
1896-00.
1901.
1902.
1903.
1890-00.
1901.
1902.
1903.
Small-pox
—
0.13
5.12
0.37
0.00
0.15
0.51
0.02
Diphtheria
1.85
2.19
2.02
0.96
2.17
2.38
1.39
0.99
Notifications.
Erysipelas
2.07
2.33
1.75
1.37
1.07
0.90
0.92
0.77
Scarlet Fever
5.21
5.76
2.69
3.43
3.99
3.36
2.42
2.80
Enteric Fever
0.95
1.78
0.40
0.96
0.54
0.57
0.57
0.28
Puerperal Fever
0.05
0.12
—
0.07
0.07
0.09
0.02
At all ages
28.75
22.66
23.23
26.08
16.17
13.81
14.14
12.46
Deaths.
0—10 years Rates per
I ,ooo
persons at
10— these ages.
46.87
20.41
32.99
17.78
32.45
18.89
36.84
21.01
27.79
11.17
26.87
11.72
23.64
10.34
Infants under 1 yr.*
308
290
250
263
288
215
197
195
In Institutions †
30.0
42.4
40.7
43.1
22.6
20.5
27.2
28.3
Infants under 1 yr. ‡
59.0
62.3
55.8
58.1
?
67.1
65.0
64.6
* Per 1,000 deaths at all ages. † Per 100 deaths at all ages. ‡ Per 100 deaths, 0—10 years.