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The deaths from measles in the Metropolis numbered 2,270, and the death-rate
was 0'50 per 1,000 population as estimated for 1914.
WHOOPING COUGH.
The deaths from whooping cough numbered 36, of which 18 were of infants
under one year, 14 of children aged from 1 to 5 years, and 4 aged from 5 to 10
years. Deaths occurred in each month of the year, except January and July.
They were most numerous during April. The death-rate was 0.35 per 1,000
population ; it was highest in Acton Ward where it was 0.76; no deaths from the
disease occurred in Moorfields Ward.
The deaths from whooping cough in London numbered 1146, and the deathrate
was 0'25 per 1,000 population as estimated for 1914.
INFLUENZA.
There were 26 deaths attributed to influenza; they were most numerous
during the months of March and April.
Some 1,057 deaths were registered as due to the disease in the Metropolis.
TYPHUS.
No cases were certified during the year in Shoreditch; 5 cases were notified
in the Metropolis.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis (Appendix, Table V., Nos. 29 to 34 inclusive) was given as the cause
of 328 deaths, a number somewhat above the average for the previous 15 years.
They amounted to 15.8 per cent, of the total deaths from all causes. The death-rate
was 3.2 per 1,000 inhabitants ; it was highest in Church and lowest in Acton Ward,
being 4.1 and 2.3 respectively.
The deaths from tuberculosis of the lungs, commonly known as consumption,
numbered 248, of which, most were of persons aged from 25 to 65 years. The
deaths of males numbered 142 as compared with 106 for females. The consumption
death-rate was 2.4 per 1,000, which is above the average for recent years.
It was highest in Church and lowest in Moorfields Ward, being 3.3 and 1.6 per 1,000
respectively.
The deaths from tuberculosis in London numbered 8,407, giving a death-rate of
1.8 per 1,000 ; the deaths attributed to consumption numbered 6,786, the deathrate
being 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitants as estimated for 1914.
A summary of the notifications received under the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1912, is given in Table IX. (Appendix), and the distribution of
the cases according to age periods and localities is shown in Table II. (Appendix).