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Out-Break of Measles at Lambeth.
Schools, Norwood.
(Special Report presented to the Council on April 23rd, 1903.)
My attention has been drawn, through the Mortality Returns,
to the unusually large number of deaths from Measles registered
during January and February of the present year, as having
occurred amongst the infants and children in connection with the
Lambeth Schools under the control of the Lambeth Guardians, and
situated in Elder Road, West Norwood. Taking the past year
(1902) the following deaths have been registered from Measles in
Norwood District:—
1902.
Norwood District
(excluding Schools).
Schools.
January — 2
(male, 12 mths.,
male, 3 yrs.)
February 1 —
March — —
April 1—
May — —
June — —
July — —
August — —
September — —
October — —
November — 1
(female, 2 yrs.)
December — 2
(males, 2 yrs.)
Totals 2 5
It may be mentioned that there was an outbreak of Whooping
Cough, also, in the, Norwood District, during the first half of 1902,
resulting in 12 deaths, 3 of which took place at the Lambeth
Schools, thus: