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The deaths from measles in the Metropolis numbered 179 as compared with
914 in 1926, 357 in 1925, 1,335 in 1924, 367 in 1923 and 1,559 in 1922. The death rate
was 0.04 per 1,000 inhabitants.
WHOOPING COUGH.
There were 24 deaths from whooping cough in Shoreditch during the year and
the death rate 0.22 per 1,000 inhabitants. The deaths for recent years were 0 in 1926,
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 546, the rate being 0.12 per 1,000.
INFLUENZA.
Twenty-five deaths, nine amongst males, were attributed to influenza. The
death rate was 0.24 per 1,000 inhabitants. The deaths during recent years were 22
in 1926, 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 1,790, being at the rate of 0.39 per 1,000
inhabitants. The corresponding figures for last year were 786 and 0.17.
TYPHUS FEVER.
No cases were certified in Shoreditch.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis (Appendix Table V, Nos. 29 to 34 inclusive) resulted in 114 deaths
as compared with 151 in 1926, 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 8.6 per cent. of the total mortality for the year. The deaths during
1927 include those of 21 persons who were not certified under the Tuberculosis Regulations
in Shoreditch. The mortality was at the rate of 1.07 per 1,000 inhabitants,
varying from 1.47 in Church to 0.80 in Wenlock.
The deaths from tuberculosis of the lungs or consumption numbered 86, of
which 57 were of males, a decrease of 47 on the figure for 1926. The death rate was
0.82 per 1,000 being highest in Church and lowest in Kingsland, the rates being
1.14 and 0.57 per 1,000 respectively.
The deaths from tuberculosis in the Metropolis numbered 4,780, the death rate
being 1.05 per 1,000 population. The deaths attributed to tuberculosis of the
respiratory system numbered 4,140, which gives a rate of 0.91 per 1,000 persons.
A summary of the notifications under the regulations received during the year
is contained in Table VIII. and the distribution of the cases according to age periods
and localities is given in Table II. (Appendix).