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121
following streets :—Albert Street (5), Amias Place (5), Baker's
Row (8), Baldwin Street (11), Bastwick Street (9)., Coldbath
Square (6), Cumming Street (7), Donegal Street (11), Gee Street
(5), Guinness Buildings (8), Lever Street (6), Margaret Street (7),
Mason's Place (6), Nelson Street (5), Northampton Buildings (5),
Peerless Street (5),. Risinghill Street (6), St. Bartholomew's
Buildings (5), St. Helena Street (8), Victoria Dwellings (5),
Warren Street (8), and White Lion Street 5 deaths.
Hooping Cough.—This is not a notifiable disease. Information
of cases is generally received from schools and from the
other bodies and persons who send notices of measles.
The deaths numbered 31 ; all except one were under five years
of age.
Disinfection is done on request: it is not done as a routine
after recovery.
The hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board are now
available for the reception of non-pauper cases as well as of
pauper cases of hooping cough.
From 1909-1912, the deaths have chiefly occurred in Ann Street
(3), Collier Street (3), Donegal Street (5), Guinness Buildings (3),
Hatfield Street (3), Hermes Street (6), Lever Street (3), Northampton
Buildings (3), Peerless Street (4), Penton Place (3),
Penton Street (3), Risinghill Street (3), Rodney Street (3), Southampton
Street (3), St. Bartholomew's Buildings (3), and White
Conduit Street 3 deaths.
Comparative Table.—In 1912 Measles caused 129 deaths
hooping cough 31 deaths.
These two diseases are very fatal to children under 5 years.
The following table compares the deaths in children under five
years from measles and hooping cough with the deaths from
other infectious diseases.