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CHICKEN-POX (Varicella).
At the beginning of January, 1902, the Borough Council decided,
on the recommendation of the Public Health Committee, to make
Chicken-pox a notifiable disease for six months (Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, Section 56) on account of the similarity of
the disease to small-pox. Towards the end of the same month
the London County Council resolved to make Chicken-pox notifiable
for three months throughout London. Hence the arrangements
the Borough Council were making became merged into
the County Council's arrangements. Notification commenced on
February 7th, 1902. Subsequently, on two occasions, the County
Council extended the period for notification of this disease to
January, 1903. It was, therefore, in operation eleven months. We
received 690 notifications, distributed, as regards age and season, as
follows :—
Ages. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total.
0 to 1 6 11 1 9 13 3 7 4 7 5 10 76
1 to 2 10 9 3 10 23 10 4 1 4 4 6 83
2 to 338575813697 62
3 to 4 11 12 4 15 13 7 3 3 12 7 8 95
4 to 5 7 13 6 15 16 6 4 3 6 8 17 101
5 to 6 10 14 6 8 14 13 2 3 9 9 13 101
6 to 7 4 9 3 10 9 5 1 1 4 12 6 64
7 to 8 5 5 229313332 38
8to 9 — 22152 — 1232 20
9 to 10 1 — — 5 — — — — — — 1 7
10 to 11 1 2 2 3 1 — — — 1 3 — 13
11 to 12 3 3 — — — — — — 2 1 — 9
12 & over 3 1 1 3 3 2 1 -- 3 4 — 21
64 89 35 88 111 59 24 22 59 68 72 690