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Whooping Cough.
The number of deaths from Whooping Cough was 124, or 100 more
than in the previous year.
30 belonged to the Limehouse district, or at the rate of .56 per
1,000.
17 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of .41 per
1,000.
64 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of .61 per
1,000.
13 belonged to the Whitechapel district, or at the rate of .24 per
1,000.
The death-rate for the Borough was '49 per 1,000 of the population
while that for the whole of London was .25 per 1,000.
Zymotic Diseases.
The total deaths from diseases of a zymotic character was 333, or
24 less than in the preceding year.
They include all deaths from Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever,
Whooping Cough, Diphtheria, Enteric Fever and Diarrhœa.
92 belonged to the Limehouse district, or at the rate of 173 per
1,000 of the population.
57 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of 1.39 per
1,000 of the population.
135 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of 1.29 per
1,000 of the population.
49 belonged to the Whitechapel district, or at the rate of .90 per
1,000 of the population.
The zymotic death-rate for the whole Borough was 1.32 per 1,000.