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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 91
Measles.
During the year 116 deaths, 57 of males and 59 of females,
were due to Measles, compared with 51 in 1912, 230 in 1911, and
44 in 1910.
19 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, 12 in Putney, 22 in
Streatham, 26 in Tooting, and 37 in Wandsworth.
The number of deaths is 65 more than in 1912, and is if above
the corrected decennial average.
23 of the deaths were of infants under one year, 40 from
one and under two years, 32 from two and under five years, 17 from
five and under 15 years, and one from 45 and under 65 years ; 84-5
per cent, of the deaths having occurred under five years of age.
The death-rate was -36 per 1,000, compared with -16 in 1912,
74 in 1911, and .14 in 1910.
The death-rate for the whole of London was .34, compared
with .40 in 1912, for England and Wales .28, and for the 96 Great
Towns .34, for the 145 smaller towns "30, and for England and Wales,
less the 241 towns, .20 per 1,000.
During the year 188 cases of Measles were removed to the
Metropolitan Asylums Board's hospitals (35 from Clapham, 13 from
Putney, 27 from Streatham, 47 from Tooting, and 66 from Wandsworth).
22 of the 66 cases removed from Wandsworth, were from che
Workhouse.
Of the total of 188 cases removed to these hospitals, 32 died,
giving a case mortality of 17 per cent.
The majority of the cases removed to hospital were under the
care of the District Medical Officers, but during the year the Metropolitan
Asylums Board consented to remove other than pauper