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measles is a trivial disorder, 261 of the children
apparently suffering from measles were found to be
without medical attendance.
Owing to the prevalence of measles, class rooms at
the following schools were closed and disinfected:—
March 14th Class-room G. Wilmot Street School
Sept. 28th ,, F. Globe Terrace ,,
Oct. 12th ,, C. ,, ,, ,,
Oct. 12th „ D. „ „ „
Oct. 19th „ G. Portman Place „
CHICKEN POX.
Two hundred cases were reported from schools,
twenty-four of the addresses were incorrect. The
children were all visited by Miss Harris and their cases
call for no special remark.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The deaths from Phthisis numbered 246 and those
from other forms of tubercular disease 103.
Tuberculosis in its various forms is responsible for
over fifteen per cent. (15.3) of our total mortality; the
deaths from this group of diseases are equal to a rate
of 27 per thousand population at all ages.
The deaths from Phthisis alone are equal to 1.9 per
thousand in Bethnal Green as against 1.4 in the whole
of London.
Various forms of tuberculosis affecting children
caused seventy-one deaths, a mortality on the
estimated population of young children of 4.0 per
thousand living.