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the most careful adaption to the digestive capacity of the
individual child, is apt to induce intestinal catarrh or other
digestive disturbances, which render the bottle-fed babies
unduly susceptible to diarrhoeal disease.
Measles.
1911.
Average for
previous 10 years
Number of Deaths
67
56
Death rate per 1,000, Deptford
0.61
0.48
The number of cases of Measles dealt with during the
year was 664, as compared with the previous three years as
follows:—
Cases.
Deaths.
1910
1,114
60
1909
467
66
1908
850
33
As the disease is not notifiable under the Public Health
(London Act), 1891, the above figures do not represent the
total number of cases which have occurred in the borough, as
our only sources of information are the Divisional Superintendent
of the London County Council Schools and voluntary
notification by parents.
The same procedure is adopted in the case of Measles
with regard to disinfection as if it were notifiable.
The rate of mortality was 0.61, compared with a rate of
0.50 for 1910, 0.55 for 1909 and 0.28 for 1908.
The deaths occurred among the inhabitants of the various
wards as follows:—
East 37
South 1
North 6
South-West 2
North-West 10
South-West 11
F 2