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infectious diseases, shall apply to Measles. These sections now
applied to Measles do not deal with the notification of the
disease, but relate to the cleansing and disinfection of infected
houses, bedding, etc., by the sanitary authority, the letting
of infected houses, the exposure of persons suffering from the
disease, and of infected bedding and clothes, the carrying on of
any trade or business by an infected person, the conveyance of
an infected person in a public vehicle, and the disposal of
an infected dead body.
As the deaths that occurred from Measles last year probably
represented some 4,000 cases, it will be seen that when it
is epidemic in the district, although only a certain proportion of
the cases will become known to the sanitary authority, a great
amount of work in connection with disinfection will be entailed
on them.
Whooping Cough.
65 deaths were ascribed to Whooping Cough, representing
a death-rate of 0 44 per 1,000, the mean rate for the 10 preceding
years being 0.52.
Influenza.
35 deaths were registered from Influenza, the numbers for
the 3 preceding years being 49, 49 and 15.
Diarrhœa.
The deaths from Diarrhoea which were below the average,
owing to the cool and rainy weather prevalent in July and
August, number 129, the figures for the 3 preceding years being
183, 156 and 181, while 18 deaths were ascribed to Enteritis as
compared with 141, 34 and 27 in the 3 preceding years.
But although the mortality from Diarrhœal disorders was lower
than usual, it compared very unfavourably with that of the
rest of London, the death-rate from it, viz., 0 89 per 1,000
being higher than in any Metropolitan Borough excepting
Shoreditch.