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No words from the Council of the Borough or from myself, I
am sure, are necessary in praise of the splendid support the
medical practitioners of the district have always given in
respect to the notification of dangerous infectious diseases,
and I feel satisfied that this support will be extended in
regard to the voluntary notification of Phthisis.
(Sigiied) G. Millson,
Medical Officer of Health.
WHOOPING COUGH.
The deaths from this disease were 114 during the year, as against 98
for the year 1901.
Although this number of deaths is an important increase on that of
the previous year it is below the average for the last ten years.
The annual rate per 1,000 living was .55.
Deaths from Whooping Cough during the last ten years:—
1893 203 1899 93
1894 1ll 1899 146
1895 122 1900 120
1896 140 1901 98
1897 126 1902 114
TYPHUS FEVER.
No death from this disease occurred in the Borough during the year
and no case was notified.
MEASLES.
The deaths from Measles during the year numbered 164, as against
161 for the preceding year.
The Wards most affected were St. Peter, St. John, All Saints, St.
Michael and St. George; the five Wards having the largest number
of persons to the acre.
The annual rate per 1,000 living was .79.
Deaths from Measles during the last ten years
1893 75 1898 145
1894 229 1899 171
1895 198 1900 116
1896 192 1901 161
1897 184 1902 164