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31.
commenced in November, 1929, reached its height
during May, 1930 and gradually declined until it subsided
in July, 1930.

Regarding the ages of the cases notified, 1,390 were
in children under five; 1,052 in children between five
and ten years of age, and the remainder in persons over
ten years of age. Two of those affected were over 45
years of age.
Of the 27 deaths in 1930 due to Measles, all except
one occurred in children under five years of age. Five
were in infants under one year of age and 13 or nearly
50 per cent. of the total, occurred in children between
one and two years of age.
The case mortality, that is to say the percentage of
cases which proved fatal was 1.0(3, but 5.25 per cent,
of the children under two years who were affected died
of the disease. The case mortality of the cases under
one year was approximately the same as the cases between
one and two years of age, but as the attack rate
was much less under one year, fewer deaths actually
occurred during the first year of life. Eighteen of the
deaths occurred in males and nine in females.
Many of the most severe cases in which the home
conditions are unfavourable are admitted to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board (now the London County Council)
Infectious Diseases Hospitals and patients are also
treated in special wards of the Fulham Hospital.