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The following table shows the periods of the year and the
localities in which deaths from Whooping Cough occurred, the
sex and ages at death.
WARDS.
QUARTERS.
YEAR.
March.
June.
Sept.
Dec.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
Total.
East
—
—
2
3
—
1
1
1
3
5
8
North
l
—
—
1
—
—
—
2
1
3
4
North-West
—
1
1
2
—
1
1
3
2
7
9
South
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
South-East
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
South-West
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
—
1
Total
l
2
4
6
—
2
3
6
8
16
24
AGES AT DEATH.
Under
I
1-2
2-5
5-15
15-25
25-45
45-65
65 &
upward
All
Ages.
10
8
6
—
—
—
—
—
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Institutional Isolation of Measles and Whooping
Cough.
The continued prevalence and high rate of mortality of
measles and of whooping cough are matters of grave concern.
In 1909, the latest year for which there are records, the deathrate
from measles in England and Wales was 353 per million,
compared with 314 in 1899. From whooping cough the deathrate
in 1909 was 210 per million, and in 1899 it was 318 per
million. The fatality from these two popularly considered mild
diseases may profitably be compared with that from scarlet fever
and diphtheria. In 1909 the scarlet fever death-rate was 90 per
million, and the diphtheria death-rate was 146 per million.