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The deaths of males were 179 in excess of those of females. The death-rate
for the year was 19.4* per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared with 18.4 in 1913, 18.3 in
1912, 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, and 20.6 in 1904. The death-rate for 1914 was slightly above
the average for the previous ten years.
The London death-rate during 1914 was 14.4 per 1,000 population, for England
and Wales it was 13.6, for 97 great towns including London 14.9, and for 145
smaller towns it was 12.9 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.
The death-rate was lowest in Moorflelds, Haggerston, and Acton Wards, and
highest in Whitmore.
The death-rate for the Borough averaged above the mean rate for the year
during January and the first three weeks of February. It was below the mean
from the end of February until the end of July. During August it rose and was
markedly above the mean in September, falling again below in October. Throughout
November and the greater part of December it averaged somewhat below the
mean. There was a sharp rise, however, during the last week of the year. The
highest weekly rates recorded during the year were those for the first week of
January, the third week of September and the last of December, being 29.6, 30.5
and 30.5 per 1,000 population respectively. The lowest rate was 10.0 for the second
week of December. The marked rise during September was due to increase in
the number of deaths from diarrhoea. The rise during the last week of the year
resulted mainly from increase in the number of deaths from diseases of the
respiratory organs.
The deaths of infants under the age of one year numbered 496, 282 being of
males and 214 of females, the deaths amounting to 23.6 per cent. of the total
number of deaths at all ages as compared with 26.3 in 1913, 22.3 for 1912, 26.8 for
1911, 27.6 in 1910, 23 in 1909, and 25.4 in 1908. The number of infants under one
year dying during 1914 was at the rate of 143 per 1,000 births belonging to
Shoreditch registered during the year. Amongst males the infantile mortality was
160 whilst amongst females it was 125 per 1,000 births. The chief causes of death
amongst infants under the age of one year were atrophy, debility and marasmus,
prematurity, diarrhoea and enteritis, pneumonia, suffocation in bed, whooping
cough, measles and tuberculosis.
In Table 1V. (Appendix) is contained a statement showing the various causes
of death amongst infants under the age of one year, the ages in weeks and months
* Corrected for age and sex distribution the death-rate was 20'0 per 1,000 population.