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of 4 years each, 1901-4 and 1905-8. It will be noted that common
lodging-house deaths among men have increased in the second
group. Deducting these deaths, the reduction in the number of deaths
is 22.9 per cent. for males, 37.7 per cent. for females.
The phthisis death-rates in London Boroughs ranged from 61 in
Hampstead, 80 in Lewisham, 83 in Stoke Newington, 93 in Wandsworth,
96 in Kensington, and 99 in Greenwich, to 175 in Shoreditch
178 in Bermondsey, 179 in Southwark, 205 in Holborn, 215 in the City
of London, and 222 in Finsbury. In the three last-named boroughs,
which constitute the central group, the mean death-rate from phthisis
was 216 per 100,000, while among the other groups the rates were 157
in the eastern, 125 in the northern and in the southern, and 116 in the
western group.
Non-notifiable Diseases.
Measles.— Twenty-six deaths were attributed to this cause in 1909
in the City.
During the year 529 cases came to my knowledge, 527 having
been notified by school teachers (particulars as to schools affected are
given later). The bulk of the cases were in the early part of the year.

The five-yearly average death-rate being 0.39 for London, 0.15 for
Westminster.
As 24 of the deaths in Westminster, and the bulk of those in
London, occurred in children under five years of age, it affords a better
comparison to calculate the deaths on the number of children estimated

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