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way of disinfection of Whooping Cough-infected houses, exclusion
from school of children (both infected and from infected
houses), and the educating of parents up to the
dangerous nature of the disease and the importance of careful
nursing of the patients when suffering from this complaint.
Unfortunately, Whooping Cough, like Measles, is, at present,
regarded as a harmless complaint of childhood, and the
ignorance displayed, and the apathy shown, in regard to
these diseases are well known to all who visit amongst the
poorer classes.
During 1908, in the Borough of Lambeth, disinfection has
been carried out in connection with 319 Whooping Coughinfected
houses, as compared with 748, 455, 440, 380, 325,
110, 72 and 126 during 1907, 1906, 1905, 1904, 1903, 1902,
1901 and 1900 respectively; and leaflets (dealing with the
dangers and treatment of this disease) have been left at all
known Whooping Cough-infected houses.*
Infants' Department (2 classes) of the Stockwell Practising
School was closed from March 28th, 1908, until after the
Easter Holidays, on account of the prevalence of Whooping
Cough (few cases also of Chicken-pox and Measles) amongst
the scholars—the average attendance of the 2 class-rooms
being reduced respectively from 67 to 59 and 40 to 33.
On April 10th, 1908, the Senior and Junior Schools of the
Stockwell College were closed until after the Easter Holidays
in connection with the same outbreak. Disinfection was
carried out in the College and the Practising School.
Details of the incidences of Measles and Whooping Cough
in the different Registration Sub-Districts of Lambeth
Borough during 1908 are as follow:—
*Whooping Cough is not a compulsorily-notifiable disease, but 311 cases were voluntarily notified during 1908 by L.C.C. School
Teachers (vide Appendix).