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The death-rate was 0.32 per 1,000 as compared with 0.55 in 1924, 0-21 in 1923,
0.81 in 1922, 0.17 in 1921, 0.19 in 1920, 0.12 in 1919, 0.82 in 1918, 1.57 in 1917 and
0.33 in 1916. Most of the deaths occurred during the last two months of the year.
The deaths were relatively most numerous in Haggerston. There were none in
Moorfields Ward.
Some 26 cases were nursed under the Borough Council's arrangement with the
Local District Nursing Association, in connection with which 426 visits were made
by the Association's nurses. The .deaths from measles in the Metropolis numbered
337 as compared with 1,335 in 1924, 367 in 1923, 1,559 in 1922, 241 in 1921, 1,026 in
1920, and 1,359 in 1919. The death-rate was 0.13 per 1,000 inhabitants.
WHOOPING COUGH.
The deaths numbered 29, all of children under five years, as compared with 28
in 1924, 10 in 1923, 27 in 1922, 19 in 1921, 12 in 1920, 2 in 1919, 93 in 1918, 20 in 1917
and 35 in 1916. As in the case of measles, pneumonia and bronchitis are the common
complications which so often prove fatal in this disease. The death-rate was 0.27
per 1,000 population. The deaths in the Metropolis numbered 855, the rate being
0.15 per 1,000 inhabitants.
INFLUENZA.
Nineteen deaths, 12 amongst males, were attributed to influenza, the death-rate
being 0.18 per 1,000 inhabitants. Most of the deaths occurred during the first three
months of the year. The deaths during recent years were 28 in 1924, 14 in 1923, 69
in 1922, 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.
The deaths in the Metropolis numbered 1,055, being at the rate of 0.23 per 1,000
inhabitants.
TYPHUS FEVER.
No cases were certified in Shoreditch nor elsewhere in London. This disease
which used to be so common some fifty or sixty years ago is now very rare. During
the past thirty years or more only one case has been certified in Shoreditch.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis (Appendix, Table V., Nos. 29 to 34 inclusive) resulted in 154 deaths
as compared with 145 in 1924, 161 in 1923, 182 in 1922, 172 in 1921, 166 in 1920,
209 in 1919, 255 in 1918,302 in 1917,302 in 1916 and 328 in 1915. It accounted
for 11 per cent, approximately of the total mortality for the year. The decrease
shown by the figures given above were commented on in the report for 1924. The