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14 in 1902, 16 in 1901, 52 in 1900 and 35 in 1899. The figures for previous years are
contained in the Annual Report for 1901.
The deaths attributed to influenza in the Metropolis numbered 496, as compared
with 723 in 1910 1,231 in 1909, 1,334 in 1908, 967 in 1907, 895 in 1906, 664 in 1905,
707 in 1904, 664 in 1903, 1,036 in 1902, 664 in 1901 and 1,950 in 1900. The deaths
were most numerous during January, February, March and December, and least
during June, July, August and September.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis (Appendix Table V., Nos. 29 to 34 inclusive) was given as the
cause of 266 deaths, as compared with 241 in 1910, 277 in 1909, 311 in 1908, 327 in
1907, 347 in 1906, 321 in 1905, 365 in 1904, 376 in 1903, 295 in 1902, 363 in 1901 and
343 in 1900. The number was therefore again below the average for recent years.
They amounted to 1T9 per cent. of the total number of deaths from all causes, as
compared with 12.6 in 1910, 12.6 in 1909, 15.5 in 1908, 14 in 1907 and 15 in 1906.
The death-rate was 2'4 per 1,000 population, as compared with 2T in 1910, 2.4 in
1909, 2.7 in 1908, 2.8 in 1907, 3.0 in 1906, 2.7 in 1905 and 35 in 1904. Comparing
the Wards, the rate varied from 3.5 in Whitmore to 1.8 in Haggerston. In my last
annual report I commented on the gradual decline which is evident in the mortality
from tuberculosis in the Borough when the figures extending over a series of years
are compared.
Tuberculosis of the lungs, commonly called consumption, caused 183 deaths,
as compared with 169 in 1910, 194 in 1909, 224 in 1908, 232 in 1907, and 233 in
1906. As noted in previous years the majority of the deaths were of persons aged
between 25 and 55 years. Of males there died 100 as against 83 of females. The
death-rate due to consumption was 1.7 per 1,000, as compared with 1.4 in 1910 and
1.7 in 1909. The rate was highest in Whitmore where it was 2.3 per 1,000 and
lowest in Wenlock Ward, where it was somewhat less than 1.3 per 1,000.
The deaths from tuberculosis in the Metropolis numbered giving a death-
rate of per 1,000 inhabitants. Of these, 6,084 were attributed to consumption
the death-rate being 1.34 per 1,000, as compared with 1.1 for 1910.
In accordance with the requirements of the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1908, during the year, 249 certificates were received as to consumptive
inmates of poor law institutions, 155 from the district medical officers as to consumptive
patients upon whom they were in attendance as officers of the guardians,
and 186 relating to the discharges of consumptives from poor law institutions.
Altogether some 590 certificates were received relating to 331 persons suffering from
consumption. Of these, 39 were persons who had been previously certified in 1910,
so that 292 were certified for the first time in Shoreditch during the year. The