View report page

114 Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
As those diseases are not notifiable, their presence in
the parish does not as a rule come under my notice until
a death occurs, and all the following statistics are compiled
from these death-returns.
The first death from measles was registered during
the week ending January 25th, and occurred in Ward 3.
During the month of February, 4 deaths were registered;
in March, 3; in April, 12; in May, 27; in June, 10; and
in July, 2; making a total of 58, this being 29.59 above
the decennial average corrected for increase of population.
No deaths occurred after the first week in July
from this disease. The distribution of these deaths in
the different wards of the parish was as follows: Ward
I. 5, Ward II. 12, Ward III. 15, Ward IV. 5, Ward
V. 15, and Ward VI. 6.
The public schools were, as is usually the case, the
principal means of spreading the disease, and I advised
that the infant department of the schools chiefly affected
should be closed for a period of three weeks. The infant's
department of Waldron Road, Garratt Lane, and
Swaffield Road Schools were closed from the 14th of
May to the 8th of June, and the same department of
Eltringham Street School from May 22nd to June 15th.
Standard I. department of the latter school was also
closed from 29th May to 15th June. These measures
seemed to have a beneficial effect, as only 3 deaths
occurred after the 10th of June.
Six deaths occurred from measles in external institutions,
making a total death roll of 64. The death
rate per 1,000 from this disease was 1.09, compared with
.83 in the Metropolis, and .56 in England and Wales.
Whooping
Cough.
This disease was also exceptionally prevalent
during the year as no fewer than 53 deaths were