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in 1890 to £351408 in 1906—the mortality figures for scarlet
fever (per cent. of patients treated in hospital) being reduced
from 7.9 in 1890 to 2.9 in 1906, and those for diphtheria
from 33.5 in 1890 to 8.8 in 1906.
MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH.
These two non-notifiable infectious diseases cause more
deaths than all the notifiable infectious diseases together. In
the Borough of Lambeth, during 1908, 101 and 50 deaths
were registered from Measles and Whooping Cough, giving
uncorrected death-rates per 10000 of the population of 3.1
and 1.6 respectively. In London, during 1908, there were
registered 1539 and 999 total uncorrected deaths from
Measles and Whooping Cough, giving corresponding uncorrected
death-rates of 3.2 and 2.1 per 10000 of the population
respectively.
Taking the Lambeth new Registration Sub-Districts it will
be seen that Kennington and Waterloo suffered most, and
Norwood and Brixton least, from Measles; whilst Waterloo
and Lambeth Church suffered most, and Brixton and Stockwell
least, from Whooping Cough (vide page 63).
The Inner Districts suffered (deaths per 10000 of the population)
more than the Outer Districts, thus:—
Inner. Outer.
Whooping Cough 2.3 0.9
Measles 4.1 2.4
Comparing the Borough statistics for 1908 with those for
the old Parish for 10 years (1891-1900), it will be seen that
there has been a saving during 1908 of 44 deaths from
Measles over the average for that decennium, and a saving
of 93 deaths from Whooping Cough over the average during
the same period.
Measles.
With regard to Measles, extra precautions are taken in
connection with disinfection of Measles-infected houses, ex-