View report page

Zymotic
MorUiliy.
In table III we liave the number and causes of
death from Zymotic Disease. The total number
from this cause is 12, of which one half, i.e. 6 are from
Measles, 3 from Whooping-Cough, 1 from Scarlet Fever,
1 from Diarrhoea, and 1 from " other Zymotic disease."
In remarking on this record I must here express my
great regret that Measles was not one of the Zymotic
complaints which it was considered necessary to include
in the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act. Unhappily,
amongst a large proportion of people Measles is looked
upon as a trivial complaint, and no medical treatment is
considered necessary. As was admirably stated in the
summary for the district of Wandsworth in 1888—This
is one of those Zymotic diseases which is thought lightly
of by people generally," and, it was added. " This idea
is erroneous and fraught with danger." 1 can only express
my hearty agreement with these remarks and venture
to express a hope that before long we may see
Measles included in tlm Act. The time has not yet come