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When a patient is suffering from Measles, no neighbour's
child, or neighbour accompanied by a child, should be admitted
into the house, and the provisions set out above must be
strictly observed.
By order,
Medical Officer of Health.
Municipal Buildings,
Lavender Hill, S.W.
Whooping Cough.
Whooping Cough caused 79 deaths during the year, or
5 less than the decennial average. The deaths were equivalent
to a death-rate of '45 per 1,000, or .05 lower than the mean
death-rate for the preceding ten years, which was .5. The
death-rate in the County of London was .35.
The death-rate in the sub-districts was as follows:—
East Battersea .50, North-West Battersea . 60, South-West
Battersea .23.
Thirty-two deaths were of infants under one year, and
46 of children from one to five. The deaths in each quarter
of the year were as follows :—
First quarter ... ... 27
Second " ... ... 24
Third "... ... 16
Fourth " ... ... 12
Whooping Cough in 1902 caused more deaths than any
of the notifiable diseases, but its fatality was rather less
than in the previous year. Like measles, Whooping Cough
is fatal chiefly from pulmonary complications, which could in
a large measure be guarded against by proper care and
attention. Like measles also, Whooping Cough too often
leaves the respiratory organs so seriously impaired that they
are rendered peculiarly susceptible to the bacillus of
tuberculosis.