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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Information is given to the parents of all unprotected children
that a case of Measles has occurred in the classroom, and instruction
by means of a card is also given as to the symptoms of the
disease and the procedure to be adopted as regards school attendance
if the child shows any of these symptoms.
Epidemic Influenza.
89 deaths, 41 of males and 48 of females, were due to this
disease, compared with 85 in 1908, 88 in 1907, and 70 in 1906.
There has thus been an increase of seven deaths compared with
the previous year, but a decrease of 2.4 compared with the
'corrected decennial average.
15 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, 10 in Putney, 33 in
Streatham, nine in Tooting, and 22 in Wandsworth.
The death-rate was 26 per 1,000, compared with 25 in 1908,
.27 in 1907, and .22 in 1906.
37 of the deaths were of persons from 25 to 65 years, and 43
•of persons over 65 years.
Diarrhoea.
52 deaths, 28 of males and 24 of females, occurred from
Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis during the year, compared with
101 in 1908, 65 in 1907, 218 in 1906, 137 in 1905, and 208 in 1904.
There has thus been a decrease of 49 in the number of deaths
from these diseases compared with the previous year, and of 129.9,
compared with the corrected decennial average.
10 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, two in Putney, seven in
Streatham, 14 in Tooting, and 19 in Wandsworth.
In all the sub-districts the number of deaths was less than in
11908, the greatest decrease having been in Streatham and Wandsworth.