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operation on the 1st October, 1938. Notifications are only accepted in respect
of the first case in each house within a period of two months. It is not possible
to give the accurate number of cases which occurred throughout the year but for
statistical purposes the particulars in respect of the notifications received during
the last three months of 1938 are given below:—

There were five deaths from whooping cough during the year which occurred
in the following age groups:—
Under 1 year, 1 ; 1 to 2 years, 3 ; 2 to 5 years, 1.
The death rate from this disease was 0.06. The deaths in London as a whole
numbered 102, the death rate being 0.03. The number of Shoreditch cases removed
to London County Council hospitals during the year was 121.
The following tabie gives comparative annual figures for mortality from whooping
cough for the last ten years :—

INFLUENZA
Eighteen deaths occurred from this disease, which give a death rate of 0.22.
The following table gives comparative annual figures for mortality from influenza
for the last ten years:—