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The deaths in each of the four quarters of the year were as
follows: —
First quarter 39
Second quarter 34
Third quarter 10
Fourth quarter 3
Measles not being a notifiable disease we are dependent
mainly on the School Authorities for information of cases occurring.
When cases are brought to the notice of he Health Department
the homes of the patients are visited and leaflets calling
attention to the dangerous nature of the disease and the precautions
to be taken are left at the homes. Disinfection of the
rooms is carried out when the patient has recovered.
Whooping Cough
During 1909, in the Borough of Battersea, 60 deaths from
this disease, as compared with 39 in 1908. The deaths were seven
below the average for the preceding ten years, and were equivalent
to a death-rate of .32 per 1,000, as compared with .37, the mean
death-rate for the previous ten years.

In this disease, as in measles, the influence of environment
is well shown in the above figures. East Battersea suffered most,
and South-West Battersea least, from the disease.
The death-rate under one year of age was 43.3 per cent., and
from one to five years 55 per cent., the total percentage of deaths
under five years of age being 98.3.
The deaths in each of the four quarters of the year were as
follows:—
First quarter 27
Second quarter 17
Third quarter 9
Fourth quarter 7
Diarrhœa.
During 1909 the number of deaths from diarrhœa registered
in the Borough of Battersea was 53, as compared with 89 in 1908.