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per 1,000, the average death-rate for the preceding five years 19081912
being 0.90 per 1,000.
Bronchitis (acute and chronic) caused 427 deaths, or a deathrate
of 1.42 per 1,000, the average rate for the past five years being
1.37 per 1,000, while the deaths from Pneumonia numbered 379,
equal to a death-rate of 126 per 1,000 as compared with an average
rate of 1.33 for the preceding five years.
Heart Diseases were responsible for 342 deaths, giving a
death-rate of 1.14 per 1,000, the five years' average rate being 0.96
per 1,000.
Cancer, in which term is included all forms of malignant
growth, showed a decrease of 12 below the number of deaths recorded
during 1912, the number for 1913 being 247. The death-rate is equal
to 0.82 per 1,000 as compared with a five years' average rate of 0.81
per 1,000.
Tubercular Diseases.—During the year 1913 827 cases
of Phthisis were notified, equivalent to a rate of 2.76 per 1,000 of
the population. The total number of deaths of West Ham residents
from the same cause was 332, equal to a death-rate of 1.11 per 1,000,
while the deaths from other tubercular diseases numbered 128,
equal to a death-rate of 0 42 per 1,000. During the previous five
years the average death-rate from Phthisis was 1.17 per 1,000, and
that of other tubercular diseases was 0.43 per 1,000.
Puerperal Fever.—Twelve cases of this disease were
notified during the year, and five proved fatal, giving a case mortality
of 416 per cent. The attack rate (0.04 per 1,000) was the
same as the average rate for the previous five years (0.04 per 1,000),