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No School was closed during 1902 on account of Whooping
Cough, hut St. Mary-the-Less School was disinfected on
account of a large number of Whooping-Cough cases amongst
the Scholars (girls and boys). Details of the incidences of
Measles and Whooping Cough in the different Registration SubDistricts
are as follow: —
Registration
Sub-Districts.
Number
of
Deaths
from
Whooping
Cough.
Number of
Deaths from
Measles.
Whooping
Cough
Deaths
per
10,000
Inhabitants.
Measles.
Deaths per
10,000
Inhabitants.
Waterloo Road 1st 10 1 81 1.7
Waterloo Road 2nd 12 3
Lambeth Church 1st 7 9 3.8 5.02
Lambeth Church 2nd 20 15 5.02 3.8
Kennington 1st 18 15 3.4 2.8
Kennington 2nd 18 12 4.2 2.8
Brixton 23 25 2.7 2.9
Norwood 10 2 2.7 0.8
District not stated* ... 2 ... ...
Borough of Lambeth 118 84 3.9 2.7
* Where the District is not stated, the deaths (or death) are divided
equally amongst the other Districts before calculating percentages.
CHICKENPOX.
This disease assumed great importance during 1902, as, by
Order of the London County Council, it became notifiable
throughout the Administrative County of London (including
Lambeth Borough) on February 7th, 1902, remaining so up to
January 6th, 1903. During this period, as far as Lambeth
Borough is concerned, 1,600 cases were notified by Medical Practitioners,
representing 1,385 infected houses.* The subject of the
* 1560 during 1902, and 40 from January 1st to January 6th, 1903,
within the Borough of Lambeth, as compared with 25,708 for the whole
County of London from February 7th, 1902, to January 6th, 1903.