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1906, 2.1 in 1905, 2.6 in 1904, 4.7 in 1903, 4.6 in 1902, 4.2 in 1901, and 5.8
in 1900.
Pyaemia and Septicemia (blood-poisoning) were given as the cause of
death in 19 instances, 9 of males and 10 of females. Infective endocarditis
caused the deaths of 3 males and 1 female. There was one death attributed
to another septic disease allied to the foregoing.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Five cases were certified, two of which proved fatal. The attacks per
1,000 births were at the rate of 1.3, as compared with 0.8 in 1907, 1.5 in 1906,
2.2 in 1905, 1.3 in 1904, 1.7 in 1903, 2.2 in 1902, 1.7 in 1901, and 2.5 in 1900.
The death-rate from puerperal fever calculated per 1,000 births was 0.5, as
compared with 0.2 in 1907, 0.8 in 1906, 1.0 in 1905, 0.5 in 1904, 0.2 in 1903,
0.7 in 1902, and 0.5 in 1901.
DIARRHCEA
The deaths from diarrhoea numbered 112, not including 36 attributed
to enteritis, chiefly of infants under one year, as compared with 74 in
1907 and 194 in 1906. The deaths were distributed during the year as
follows:—In January 2, February 1, March 2, April 1, May 2, June 2, July
7, August 34, September 48, October 10, November 3, and December 1. As
is usually the case August and September were the months when the disease
was most active and fatal. Of the deaths from diarrhoea during 1908, 86
were of infants under one year and 23 were of children aged between one
and five years. The remainder were of persons over fifty-five years of age.
The death-rate was 0.82 per 1,000, as compared with 0.64 in 1907 and 1.68
in 1906.
The mortality from diarrhoea amongst infants under one year in Shoreditch
during 1908 was at the rate of 23.3 per 1,000 births registered during
the year, as compared with 15.3 for 1907, 40.3 for 1906 and 30.6 for 1905.
The figures for the Metropolis were 14.4, 9.2, 27.3 and 20.7 respectively for the
four years. A table giving a comparison of these rates for previous years is
contained in the report for the year 1905.
In nearly all of those investigated the deaths of young infants were of
those being brought up otherwise than at the breast, and condensed milk
was largely used in their feeding.
The deaths from diarrhoea in the Metropolis in 1908 numbered 2,592,
as compared with 1,563 in 1907 and 4,507 in 1906. The deaths were most
numerous during August and September. The death-rate from diarrhoea for
the Metropolis was 0.54 per 1,000 population, as compared with 0.32 in 1907,
0 93 in 1906, 0.72 in 1905, 1.07 in 1904, 0.64 in 1903 and 0.53 in 1902.