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MEASLES.
405 cases of this disease were notified from the schools. This
figure does not represent the whole of the cases occurring in the Borough,
as notification was discontinued during 1921. I advised the Council to
apply to the Ministry of Health to allow Measles in this Borough to be
again notifiable. This request has been granted, and the disease again
became notifiable on January 1st, 1922.

The annual death-rate per 1,000 living was 0-03.
DIARRHEA.
During the year under consideration there were 149 deaths
from diarrhsea. For the last five years there was a diminution in
the number of deaths, ranging from 107 in 1916, to 59 in 1920, but
owing to an exceptionally hot and dry summer the disease was very
fatal, especially in infants. 108 deaths were recorded of infants under
one year of age. In regard to the action taken by the staff, it can be
said that every case notified was visited and the premises reported upon.
Instructions and leaflets were also given to the parents.
The annual death-rate at all ages from Diarrhsea per 1,000 living
was 0'81.

WHOOPING COUGH.
The deaths from this disease were 28 for the year.
The annual death-rate per 1,000 living was 015.