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Diarrhœa.—There was ail increase in the number of deaths
due to diarrhoeal disease in the Borough during 1923. The total
number of deaths from this cause was 15, and of these 12 were
under 1 year of age. The annual mortality rate for diarrhoea and
enteritis during the year is 0'06 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Whooping Cough.—The deaths from this cause during the
year numbered 14. This is a decrease of 48 upon the number
registered during 1922. Thirteen of the deaths occurred in
children under five years of age. The mortality for Hackney is
equal to '06 per 1,000 inhabitants, and that for all London, -09
per 1,000 inhabitants. The King's Home for Nurses attended to
2 of the cases and paid 29 visits.
Information was received from the head masters and head
mistresses of elementary schools in Hackney of 299 cases of
whooping cough occurring among their scholars during the year.
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
For Table of Deaths see pages 138 to 145.
Cancer.—There were 303 deaths during 1923 due to the
different varieties of malignant disease. This is an increase of
18 on the number registered during 1922. The annual mortality
rate from malignant disease for last year is therefore 1'33 per
1,000 inhabitants.