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WHOOPING COUGH.
There were 27 deaths from this disease, as compared with 19 in 1921, 12 in 1920,
2 in 1919, 93 in 1918, 20 in 1917 and 35 in 1916. With one exception, all the
deaths during 1922 were of children under five years. The death-rate was 0.26 per
1,000 population. The deaths in the metropolis numbered 1,123, the rate being 0.25
per 1,000 population.
INFLUENZA.
The deaths attributed to influenza numbered 69, of which 33 were amongst males.
Of these, 58 occurred during the first six weeks of the year. The mortality was
heaviest during the second week of January, when 26 persons were registered as
having died from the disease. The following are the numbers of deaths from
influenza recorded in Shoreditch during recent years : 27 in 1921, 51 in 1920, 121 in
1919, 295 in 1918, 12 in 1917, 22 in 1916, 26 in 1915, and 25 in 1914.
TYPHUS FEVER.
There is no reason for believing that any case of the above disease occurred in
Shoreditch, and none seem to have been notified in London.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis (Appendix Table V, Nos. 29 to 34 inclusive) was given as causing
182 deaths as compared with 172 in 1921, 166 in 1920, 209 in 1919, 255 in 1918,
302 in 1917, 302 in 1916, and 328 in 1915. The deaths during 1922, although somewhat
more numerous than in the two preceding years, are none the less markedly
below the average in point of number. They amounted to 10'2 per cent. of the deaths
from all causes. They were at the rate of 1.7 per 1,000 population for the Borough,
the rate being highest in Hoxton and lowest in Haggerston Ward, 2.27 and 1.2
respectively.
The deaths from tuberculosis of the lungs numbered 148, eight in excess of the
number for 1921. Over a hundred of the deaths were of persons aged from 25 to
65 years. The deaths of males numbered 85 as compared with 63 for females.
The deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis were at the rate of 1.4 per 1,000 population.
The death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis during the year was highest in Moorfields,
where it was over 2.2 per 1,000 population ; the rate was lowest in Whitmore Ward,
1.0 per 1,000 population.
The deaths from tuberculosis in the Metropolis numbered 5,607, which give a
rate of 1.2 per 1,000, and of these 4,723 were attributed to tuberculosis of the lungs,
which give a death rate of 1.0 per 1,000 population.
A summary of the notifications received under the tuberculosis regulations is
contained in Table VIII, and the distribution of the cases according to age periods
and localities is shown in Table II (Appendix).
The certificates received numbered 287 for all forms being at the rate of 2.7 per
1,000 population as compared with 2.5 for 1921, and 3 per 1,000 for 1920. The cases