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1909]
It is noteworthy that there was little or no measles in the Borough after the
annual summer vacation, from which it might be inferred that the annual closure
of the schools had put a stop to the epidemic. The returns, however, show
that prior to the holidays the disease had practically worn itself out, so that
instead of 10, 12 or more deaths being registered in a week, only 1 or none had
been known, which proves that in this instance at all events, the school closure
had had nothing to do with the cessation of the epidemic.
Full tables are given to show the deaths and death rates in the several
quarters for the sub-districts and for the neighbouring boroughs as are also tables
showing the secondary causes of death, the progress of the disease from week
to week and its past records in the several quarters of the ten years 1899-1908.