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average one, but still high. All but 1 were of children
under 5 years of age. It has not been possible to take any
effective measures to prevent this loss of child life.
Usually the first information that is received of the
occurrence of measles is from the certificate of death,
though occasionally the teachers in the Board Schools have
brought cases to our knowledge, and enabled us to exclude
other children in the infected houses from school.
Whooping Cough.—The number of deaths was 26, a
larger number than in any of the last three years.
Absolutely no precautions are taken as a rule by parents
of children suffering from whooping cough. They are
taken without the least hesitation to dispensaries and the
out-patient departments of hospitals by train and omnibus,
and only surprise is expressed if you blame them for it.
It is no wonder that practically all children suffer from it
in the early years of life. All the 26 deaths were of children
under 5 years of age.
Diarrhoea caused 12 deaths, the same number as last
year, and considerably below the decennial average.