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noted in the fatality of epidemics of Measles depend mainly
on the condition, unfavourable or the reverse, of the populations
invaded; and if Table K be examined, it will be
noticed that nearly all the deaths occurred in streets tenanted
by the poor. It is to be hoped that, viewing the heavy
mortality from Measles, which is greater than the mortality
from all notifiable diseases put together, it will not be long
before some hospital accommodation for these cases is
provided.
Whooping Cough
Whooping Cough was the cause of 58 deaths, the average
number for the preceding eight years being 57. Of these,
29 were of children under one year of age, and 29 of children
between one and five years. The death-rates for Fulham and
London from this disease were 054 and 0-48 per 1000
respectively. Although the case mortality of Whooping
Cough is low, the disease kills more children than any
Zymotic disease except Diarrhoea. Unfortunately, it is
always looked upon as a very trivial ailment, and comparatively
little care is taken of the sufferers, who usually
succumb to one of the pulmonary complications of the
disease induced by neglect.
Diarrhcea.
Under the heading Diarrhcea are included several different
affections, confounded with one another on account of the
presence of Diarrhcea as a symptom, but there is no doubt
that Summer Diarrhcea, which is so fatal to young children,
is essentially a specific disease.
The cold summer experienced had a marked effect on the
mortality from Diarrhcea, which throughout the country was
much below the average. In London the deaths due to it
numbered 1769, as compared with an average for the preceding
ten years of 3226. In Fulham 57 deaths were
registered, 36 of which occurred in August and September,
the average number for the preceding eight years being 97.
45 of the deaths were those of infants under the age of