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displayed, and the apathy shown, in regard to these diseases are
well known to all who visit amongst the poorer classes.
During 1903 in the Borough of Lambeth, disinfection has been
carried out in connection with 325 Whooping Cough-infected
houses, as compared with 110, 72 and 126 during 1902, 1901
and 1900 respectively; and leaflets (dealing with the dangers
and treatment of this disease) left at all known whooping cough
infected houses.*
A Private School in Norwood was closed during 1903 (March
18th) on account of Whooping Cough, and afterwards disinfected,
with the result that the outbreak was stamped out. Details of
the incidences of Measles and Whooping Cough in the different
Registration Sub-Districts of Lambeth Borough during 1908 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 7 10 }4.9 5.7
Waterloo Road 2nd 6 5
Lambeth Church 1st 14 9 7.7 5.1
Lambeth Church 2nd 33 28 8.3 7.1
Kennington 1st 30 43 5.6 8.05
Kennington 2nd 6 10 1.4 2.4
Brixton 17 18 1.9 2.1
Norwood 12 4 3.2 1.2
District not stated† 1 3 — —
Borough of Lambeth 126 130 4.1 4.2
* Whooping Cough is not a compulsorily-notifiable disease, but 392 cases
were voluntarily notified by Board School Teachers (vide Appendix, p. 80).
† Where the District is not stated, the deaths (or death) are divided
equally amongst the other Districts before calculating percentages.