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1906]
SMALL POX.
There was no death registered from this disease.
MEASLES.
There were registered 187 deaths, equal to a death-rate of 0.54 per 1,000
of the population, of which 93 occurred in the first quarter of the year, 75 in
the second, II in the third, and 8 in the fourth.
This disease is very difficult to control, especially since the attendance
of children at school has been more rigidly enforced, and it therefore causes
great anxiety to all school and health authorities, who are devoting great
attention to the problem of its prevention in schools, because once it has
made its appearance among the scholars it is almost impossible to prevent its
spread. Measles therefore receives special care.
In the following ix schools, class rooms were closed and disinfected.
ist Quarter.
Vittoria Place L.C.C. School.
St. Thomas' Schools, Everilda Street.
Westbourne Road L.C.C. School.
Newington Green L.C.C. School.
2nd Quarter.
Newington Green L.C.C. School.
Shepperton Road L.C.C. School.
Gillespie Road L.C.C. School.
Pakeman Street L.C.C. School.
Hanover Street L.C.C. School.
Holy Trinity Schools.
St. Mary Magdalene Schools.
3rd Quarter.
Nil.
4th Quarter.
Nil.
The secondary causes set out in the death certificates are generally the
real causes of death, as uncomplicated measles is not usually fatal, and of
these pneumonia and bronchitis are the most frequent. In 1906 there were
131 deaths in which pneumonia was a secondary cause, while in 32 cases it
was bronchitis.