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112 Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
The death-rate per 1,000 from this disease was .74,
and in the Metropolis 69.
During the year there were received from the teachers
of the Board schools in the parish notices of 540 cases of
Measles, but this does not by any means represent the
number of cases which occurred during the year. No
notices are received from the National or private schools,
and it is certain that all the cases were not reported from
the Board schools, some of the teachers complying with
the regulations of the School Board more than others.
Whooping
Cough.
25 deaths occurred from this, compared with
12 in 1897, and 53 in 1896. The decennial
average was '29'7. One death occurred in an external
institution, and one in an institution within the parish.
The death-rate in the parish was .41, and in the
Metropolis .47 per 1,000.
Diarrhoea.
During the year, 83 deaths or 43.1 above the
decennial average, resulted from Diarrhoea.
In 1897, the number of deaths from this cause was 48,
and in 1896, 44. One death occurred in an external
institution, making a corrected total of 84. 71 of the
deaths were of infants under one year, 11 from one to
five years, and one over 75 years.
The rate per 1,000 was 1.39 compared with .85 in
1897, while in the Metropolis the rate was .96.
Of the 84 deaths, 72 occurred between the 29th of
June and 29th of September, and special inquiry was
made into these cases to ascertain how the children had
been fed, whether by hand or nursed by the mother.
In all 67 houses, where cases had occurred, were
visited, and the particulars ascertained, while in five the
parents had removed from the parish.