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MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH.
These two non-notifiable infectious diseases cause more deaths
than all the notifiable infectious diseases together. In the
Borough of Lambeth, during 1906, 77 and 71 deaths were
registered from Measles and Whooping Cough, giving death-rates
per 10000 of the population of 2.4 and 2.2 respectively. In
London, during 1906, there were registered 1918 and 1239 total
deaths from Measles and Whooping Cough, giving corresponding
death-rates of 4.l and 2.6 per 10000 of the population
respectively.
Taking the Lambeth Registration Sub-Districts it will be seen
that Lambeth Church 2nd suffered most, and Norwood least,
from Measles ; whilst Lambeth Church ist suffered most, and
Norwood least, from Whooping Cough (vide pages 63, 98-99).

Comparing the Borough statistics for 1906 with those for the
old Parish for 10 years (1891-1900), it will be seen that there
has been a saving during 1906 of 67 deaths from Measles over
the average for that decennium, and a saving of 73 deaths from
Whooping Cough over the average during the same period.
Measles.
With regard to Measles, extra precautions are taken in con,
nection with disinfection of Measles-infected houses, exclusion of
children (both infected children and also children from infected
houses) from schools, the closing of classes or whole schools on
account of outbreaks of Measles, the distributing of leaflets and
posters, aud the educating of parents to regard Measles as a
serious or dangerous infectious disease, and not as a trivial complaint
of childhood.