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1898]
"I have not said anything about the number of cases of Measles
which occurred in this outbreak, for I do not know it, but if I reckon
the fatal cases as being 5 per cent, of the total, then there could not
have been less than 7,300, which, I think, is a fair estimate. Allowing
that 300 of these were over five years of age I find that 7,000 cases
would represent, a proportion of 171 children attacked out of every
1,000 children under that age, and they are estimated to number
40,817. Even if the fatality had been 10 per cent. there would still
have been 3,500 cases of the disease among children under five years
old, or a proportion of nearly 86 to every 1,000. Whether I take the
higher or the lesser fatality the number of attacks was very great, but
of these, unfortunately, I received hardly any information, except such
as came from a few Schools.
"The epidemic practically came to a close during the second quarter,
for only 23 deaths were registered in the third quarter and 12 in the
fourth."
The succeeding tables give full particulars respecting the incidence
of the deaths during the year as well as in preceding years.