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The deaths of males were 187 in excess of those of females. The death-rate
for the year was 18.3* per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared with 20.2 in 1911, 16.8 in
1910, 19.2 in 1909, 17.5 in 1908, 20.6 in 1907, 19.8 in 1906, 19.8 in 1905, 20.6 in 1904,
19.6 in 1903, 20.9 in 1902 and 22.1 in 1901. The death-rate for 1912 was therefore
below the average for the previous ten years.
The London death-rate during 1912 was 14.3 per 1,000 population, for England
and Wales it was 13.3, for 95 great towns, including London 14.6, and for 146 smaller
towns it was 13.0 per 1,000 population.
In Tables I., III., IV., V. and VI. (Appendix) are given the causes of death,
and the death-rates for the whole Borough and for its eight Wards, together with
other particulars as to the mortality amongst the inhabitants of Shoreditch during
the year. Tables I., III. and IV. are forms required by the Local Government
Board.
As compared with the figures for 1911 the death-rates were lower for all the
Wards of the Borough, except Wenlock. As for last year the rate was lowest in
Moorfields and highest in Whitmore Ward being 13.5 and 22.0 respectively.† The
death-rate for the Borough was above the mean rate for the year for the first seven
weeks of the year. At the end of February there was a marked fall, and the rate
was below the average almost continuously until the beginning of October, when it
rose and remained above the mean during the remainder of the year. The highest
point touched was during the second week of November, when the rate was 27.2 per
1,000, the lowest in the second week of June when the death-rate was only 8.2 per
1,000 population. The elevation of the rate during the last quarter of the year was
mainly the result of the mortality from measles, bronchitis and pneumonia. The
* Corrected for age and sex distribution the death-rate was 19.2 per 1,000 population.
† The Shoreditch Workhouse which is situate in Whitmore Ward is, in the cases of some of the deaths
in outlying institutions, the last known place of residence in the Borough. This Ward is therefore
in all probability credited with some of the deaths rightly belonging to other Wards in the Borough.
This is a point to be borne in mind in connection with the high rate for this Ward.