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The high rate of mortality ascribed to Haggerston district is due
to the 331 deaths which occurred in Shored itch Infirmary and in the
North Eastern Hospital (both situate in Haggerston) these deaths are
proportionately due to each of the five Registration Districts.
There were 418 deaths from bronchitis, 270 from phthisis, and 149
from pneumonia, making a total of 837 deaths registered under the
above headings as against 701 in the previous year; 705 deaths
occurred under one year of age, against 703 in the previous year. The
deaths under five years of age were 1,076 against 1,121 in the previous
year. 400 deaths occurred of persons 65 years of age and upwards, as
against 363 in the previous year, viz.:—225 from 65 to 75, 151 from
75 to 85, 24 from 85 to 95.
In the previous year 213 persons died between 65 and 75 years of
age, 124 from 75 to 85, and 26 from 85 to 95.
In childhood (from 1 to 5 years) the largest number of deaths
was caused by lung disease, comprising 163 from bronchitis, 70 from
pneumonia, and 14 from congestion of the lungs, &c. The diseases
which came next in order of fatality were atrophy and debility 163
deaths, convulsions 77, whooping cough 73, premature birth 78, and
diarrhœa 94.
From the age of 55 and upwards, 181 deaths were caused by
bronchitis, 76 by heart disease, and 20 by paralysis; 86 were registered
under the term of old age.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES caused 317 deaths, viz.:—21 by scarlet
fever, 10 by enteric, 10 by diphtheria, 24 by measles, 76 by whooping
cough, 105 by diarrhoea, and 71 by other zymotic diseases.