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Erysipelas.
One hundred and ninety-six cases were notified, 11 of
which were fatal. The case-rate was 1.14, or .4 below the
decennial average, and the death-rate 06, or 03 below the
decennial average. 59 cases were removed to hospital, the
majority going to Union infirmaries, and the remainder to
general hospitals.
Measles.
The deaths from this disease numbered 99, or 13 above
the decennial average. 29 deaths occurred in East Battersea,
62 in North-West Battersea, and 8 in South-West Battersca.
The death-rate was *5, as compared with '6, the mean
death-rate for the preceding ten years, and 51, the death-rate
in the County of London. The death-rate in the sub-districts
was as follows :East Battersea 30, North-West Battersea
1.2, South-West Battersea, 10.
Twenty-four deaths were of infants under one year, 72
of children from one to five years, and 2 from five to ten years.

The mortality from Measles in 1902, though lower than
in the previous year, was heavy, and as will be seen on
referring to Table XII., the disease caused almost as
many deaths as all the notifiable diseases put together.
Unfortunately, the mortality does not tend to diminish. Most
of the deaths from Measles are really due to the serious
pulmonary affections, bronchitis and broncho-pneumonia, which
often complicate the disease, particularly in patients who are
not carefully nursed. There is a tendency in many quarters
to make light of Measles, and to treat it as a disease requiring
but little attention. This ignorance is undoubtedly the source
of many deaths. No hospital accommodation is provided for