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Chicken-pox.
In consequence of the prevalence of Small-pox and the
difficulty of distinguishing between Chicken-pox and modified
Small-pox, this disease was added to the list of notifiable
diseases for a period of one year from February 7th, 1902.
472 cases were notified, and of these, two, a woman of 47
and a boy of 9, were found to be suffering from Small-pox.
Deaths from Non-notifiable Infectious Diseases.
Measles.
168 deaths were registered, the death-rate from this
disease, 1.15 per 1,000, being the highest recorded since 1894,
and above that of any Metropolitan borough, excepting
Bermondsey. The epidemic ran an unusually protracted
course, as it commenced in November, 1901, in Munster Ward,
and continued more or less throughout the year, attaining
its maximum prevalence in February and March. 79 deaths
occurred in the 1st quarter, 45 in the 2nd, 20 in the 3rd, and 24
in the 4th. The disease was most prevalent in Sands End
Ward, but all parts of the borough suffered severely.
The deaths and the death-rate from Measles during the
preceding 10 years are shewn in the following table:—

The London County Council have recently made an order
which conies into force on April 1st, that certain sections of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, which relate to dangerous