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Each Class was closed for one month, but, as this included
holidays, education was really interfered with to a very small
extent.
Most of the cases of Measles at Eglinton Road School lived
iu Woolwich, where 13 deaths from this disease occurred
during the year, 9 being in the third quarter. I consider that
the action taken in closing classes at this School prevented the
disease spreading into Plumstead.
Whooping Cough.
61. There were 10 cases of Whooping Cough, the lowest
number, with one exception, since 1882.
Iu proportion to population, the mortality from WhoopingCough
in the three years, 1885-7, was twice that in 1897-9.
Phthisis.
62. There were 95 deaths from Phthisis compared with 96
and 88 in the two preceding years. Twenty of these occurred
in the Workhouse Infirmary.
There were besides 24 deaths from other tubercular diseases.
The death rate from Phthisis was l.45. In London it was
1.88. In South London, Lee, Lewisham, and Wandsworth
alone had lower rates.
By your order, a copy of the "Precautions against Consumption"
(Appendix II. of my report for 1898), printed on
cardboard, was left at every house and tenement in the parish.
63. Cases occurred in 54 streets, 3 each in Ann Street
Robert Street, and Bramblebury Road ; and 2 each iu Benares