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Whooping-cough.—There were 21 deaths from this cause
during 1917, of which 17 occurred in amongst children under 5 years
of age. The annual mortality is .11 per 1,000 living.
I received information of 343 cases of whooping-cough, from
the head masters and mistresses of Elementary schools in the
Borough, occurring amongst their scholars during the year.
Influenza.—During 1917 there were 28 deaths in the Borough
due to influenza. The annual mortality rate is .14 per 1,000.
Diarrhoea.—The total number of deaths due to this cause was
86, of which 40 were registered as diarrhoea and 46 as enteritis or
gastro-enteritis ; and of these 63 were under one year of age. The
annual mortality rate for diarrhoeal disease is .43 per 1,000 living.
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Tuberculosis.—During 1917, I received 1,043 notifications of
tuberculosis, details of which are given on page 22 of this report.
Bacteriological examination of sputa from 256 cases was made
during the same period. In 23 of these examinations the specific
organism of the disease was found ; in 233 the results were negative.
The number of deaths from tuberculous disease in Hackney
during 1917 was 360. These deaths are classified as follows :—
Tuberculous phthisis 275
Phthisis 29
General Tuberculosis 13
Tuberculous meningitis 20
„ peritonitis 6
Tabes mesenterica 7
Tubercle of other organs 10
360
This number of deaths gives an annual mortality of 1.8 per
1,000 living.
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