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DEATHS FROM MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH.
Among 35 children dying from measles it was found that 21, or
60 per cent, had either contracted the disease at school or at home
from other children who had themselves contracted disease at school.
13, or 37 per cent, of those dying from measles were insured,
and 10, or 28 per cent, of the mothers were employed in earning a
living.
Out of 38 deaths from whooping cough it was ascertained that
20, or 52-6 per cent, of the children were insured, while 9, or 24 per
cent, of the mothers who lost their children from this disease were
employed in earning a livelihood.
OTHER DISEASES INTIMATED FROM THE SCHOOLS.
Particulars relating to other diseases are given in Table No. 42.
A number of these cases came under the care of Dr. Stephens at the
Hospital, either for treatment or for certification prior to re-admission
to school. Dr. Stephens reports in respect of these as follows: —
" During the year 243 children have been sent to the Isolation
Hospital for treatment as out-patients. The skin condition of 30 of
these children was lion-infectious, and the scholars were certified as fit
for re-admission to their schools. The infectious diseases included
110 cases of Ringworm, 66 cases of Contagious Impetigo, 57 cases
of Verminous Heads, 5 cases of Scabies, and 6 cases of Ophthalmia.
On recovery from their disease 115 cases were certified as fit to
return to school, and at the end of the year there were 20 children
still under treatment at the Hospital.
Only those cases in which the verminous condition of the head
was extreme, and was the cause of the disease, usually impetigo, for
which the child had been excluded from school, are included in the