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the event of any further cases occurring, for their prompt removal.
The Joint Small-pox Board not having a Hospital yet built, arrangements
were made with the Authorities of the South Mimms
Small-pox Hospital for the reception of any Wimbledon patients
at an agreed sum, the Metropolitan Asylums Board declining to
admit this or any other Wimbledon case on their Hospital ships.
Measles. During the year a widespread outbreak of Measles occurred
in the District.
The outbreak commenced amongst the scholars attending the
Infants' Department of the Effra Road Schools, then passing to
all departments of the Haydon's Road Schools, the Infants' Department
of the Catholic Schools, the Dundonald Mixed School, and
lastly the Dundonald Estate School.
These schools were closed as follows:—Effra Road (Infants'),
April 20th to May 7th; Haydon's Road (all departments), May
30th to June 18th; Catholic School (Infants'), October 19th to
November 17th; Dundonald Mixed School, December 1st to
December 24th; Dundonald Estate School, December 31st to
January 14th, 1901.
In addition, 7 private schools were voluntarily closed by the
Principals, and one Sunday School.
The type of the complaint in this epidemic was mild.
In all, 1,069 notifications were received, and 17 deaths registered,
being equal to a death-rate of .38 per thousand persons
living, this being considerably lower than the average rate of the
33 large towns of the kingdom.
The cases and deaths were divided amongst the age period
as follows:—Under 1 year, 51 cases and 5 deaths; 1 to 5 years,
425 cases and 11 deaths; 5 to 15 years, 540 cases and 1 death;
over 15 years, 53 cases and no deaths.
In epidemics the mortality of persons attacked with Measles
varies greatly according to age, its highest being between the ages
of 6 months and 2 years.