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67 in 1915, being again below the average for recent years. Nine of the deaths
were amongst males and 16 females. All were amongst children under five years.
The death-rate was 0.23 per 1,000 as compared with 0.32 in 1925, 0.55 in 1924,
0.21 in 1923, 0.81 in 1922, 0.17 in 1921, 0.49 in 1920, 0.12 in 1919, 0.82 in 1918,
1.57 in 1917 and 0.33 in 1916. The deaths during 1926 were mostly during the first
three months of the year. They were relatively most numerous in Church Ward.
There were none in Moorfields Ward.
Some 27 cases were nursed by nurses from the Local District Nursing Association
in accordance with arrangements made by the Borough Council with the Association.
The nurses paid 394 visits in connection with the cases.
The deaths from measles in the Metropolis numbered 914 as compared with 357
in 1925, 1,335 in 1924, 367 in 1923 and 1,559 in 1922. The death-rate was 0.20 per
1,000 inhabitants.
WHOOPING COUGH.
There was not a single death from whooping cough registered as belonging to
Shoreditch during the year. The records would have to be searched a long way back
to find a year without a death from this disease. The deaths for recent years were
29 in 1925, 28 in 1924, 10 in 1923, 27 in 1922, 19 in 1921, 12 in 1920, 2 in 1919, and
93 in 1918. The deaths in the Metropolis numbered 232, the rate being 0.05 per 1,000
inhabitants.
INFLUENZA.
Twenty-two deaths, nine amongst males, were attributed to influenza. The
death-rate was 0.20 per 1,000 inhabitants. Most of the deaths occurred during the
first four months of the year. The deaths during recent years were 19 in 1925, 28 in
1924, 14 in 1923, 69 in 1922, 27 in 1921, 51 in 1920, 121 in 1919, 295 in 1918, and
12 in 1917.
The deaths in the Metropolis numbered 786, being at the rate of 0.17 per 1,000
inhabitants.
TYPHUS FEVER.
No cases were certified in Shoreditch, and there are no grounds for believing any
occurred elsewhere in London.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis (Appendix Table V., Nos. 29 to 34 inclusive) resulted in 151 deaths
as compared with 154 in 1925, 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 11.6 per cent, of the total mortality for the year. The deaths during
1926 include those of 24 persons who were not certified under the Tuberculosis
Regulations in Shoreditch. The mortality was at the rate of 1.4 per 1,000 inhabitants,
varying from 1.76 in Moorfields to 1.22 in Wenlock Ward.