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Measles.—Measles was responsible for 10 deaths during
the year, or equivalent to a death.rate of .17, as compared
with 5 last year and 10 the year before, with a death.rate of
.09 and .19.
During the year the Infants. Department, Trinity School;
Infants. Department, Effra lload School; Infants. Department,
Queen's Road School; and the Girls. and Infants.
Department of Dundonald School, had to be closed on account
of Measles.
Of the deaths, 1 occurred under one year of age, 7
between one and five years, and 2 between five and fifteen
Years.
The distribution through the Wards was as follows:—
Cottenham Park 1
Trinity 2
South Park 7
and the rates:—
Cottenliam Park 15
Trinity 17
South Park 40
Practically all the deaths occurring from Measles are
due to pulmonary complications, and the majority of these
are undoubtedly due to ignorance. Here again, as in the
case of Whooping Cough, the deaths are more than three
times the number of those from Scarlet Fever.
It will be seen from the figures with regard to Measles
and Whooping Cough that these two diseases for which the
Department does nothing and which the public treat somewhat
lightly, are responsible for more than seven times the
number of deaths than are due to Scarlet Fever.
Phthisis and other Tuberculous Diseases were the assigned
cause of the death of 48 persons (29 males and 19 females)
during the year, equal to a death-rate of .82 per thousand of
population. Last year there were 58 deaths, and the previous
year 57.
Included in this number are six persons, formerly residents
in Wimbledon, who died in the Workhouse at Kingston.
In Table IV. is shown the distribution over the age
periods, and in Wards.
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