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Stepney 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Measles.
Measles was not a notifiable disease during 1920.
The number of deaths was very low compared with previous years, although
tne number was 34 more than in 1919.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was at the rate of .17 per 1,000, while
that for the whole of London was -22 per 1,000 of the population.
10 of the deaths belonged to the Limehouse District.
12 of the deaths belonged to the St. George-in-the-East.
17 of the deatns belonged to Mile End Old Town.
9 of the deaths belonged to the Whitechapel District.
The annual number of deaths from Measles since 1901, is as follows:—
| 1901 | 155 |
| 1902 | 158 |
| 1903 | 162 |
| 1904 | 176 |
| 1905 | 151 |
| 1906 | 171 |
| 1907 | 155 |
| 1908 | 264 |
| 1909 | 236 |
| 1910 | 93 |
| 1911 | 291 |
| 1912 | 172 |
| 1913 | 95 |
| 1914 | 174 |
| 1915 | 113 |
| 1916 | 63 |
| 1917 | 103 |
| 1918 | 145 |
| 1919 | 14 |
| 1920 | 48 |
Whooping Cough.
The number of deaths from Whooping Cough was 74, or 59 more than in the
previous year.
25 belonged to the Limehouse District.
23 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
19 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
7 belonged to the Whitechapel District.