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MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH.
During 1900, 69 and 97 deaths were registered from
Measles and Whooping Cough respectively, as compared
with 169 and 130 during 1899, and annual averages of
155 8 and 1541 for the last ten years (1890-99).
In London, during 1900, there were registered 1,936 and
1,948 total deaths from Measles and Whooping Cough,
giving corresponding death-rates (uncorrected) of 4.2 and
4.2 per 10,000 of the population living, respectively.
Waterloo Road First suffered most, and Norwood least,
from Measles; whilst Lambeth Church Second suffered
most, and Norwood least, from Whooping Cough.
There has been a saving of 86 deaths from Measles over
the a"erage for the previous 10 years, giving a much lower
death-rate than in any previous year in Lambeth. This
decrease is most remarkable, and may be the result of the
extra precaution taken by the late Vestry in connection with
disinfection after Measles, the distributing of leaflets and
posters, and the educating of the parents to regard Measles
as a serious or dangerous infectious disease. The advisability
of including Measles amongst the dangerous and
infectious diseases for the purposes set forth in certain
section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, without
compulsory notification has been settled by the late Vestry
during the year 1900 at their Meeting, held on March 1st,
and the London County Council has been asked to take the
necessary steps. Much will depend upon the decisions of
the other Sanitary Authorities throughout London. The
stricter the precautions taken against Measles, the better,
as this disease is very fatal to young children, as may also
be said of Whooping Cough.