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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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TABLE V. London.— Measles -Mortality among Children 0-5 calculated on the actual number of Children Hying at ages 0-5.
| Period. | Death Kate per 1000 Children living at ages 0—5. | Period. | Death Rate per 1000 Children living at ages 0—5. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1851—60 | 3.89 | 1903 | 3.90 |
| 1861 -70 | 4.18 | 1.404 | 4.30 |
| 1871—80 | 1 3.65 | 1905 | 3.19 |
| 1881—90 | 4.74 | 1906 | 3.57 |
| 1891 — 1900 | 4.82 | 1907 | 3.29 |
| 1901 | 3.70 | 1908 | 2.71 |
| 1902 | 4.42 | 1909 | .. |
Note.— This table is extracted from the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of
Health of the County of London for the year 1908, page 24.
POST-SCRIPTUM.
Of the 327 Education Authorities of England and Wales 17-5 (more than
half) partially or wholly exclude children under 5 years of age from elementary
schools. Of these 173 Authorities 74 exclude children under 5 years because
they decline to incur the expense for accommodation or staff, 62 exclude them
from certain schools or intermittently, and of these 62 Authorities 41 permanently
exclude all children under 4 years of age, and some exclude children
until the term—quarter, half-year, or year—in which they will attain the age of
5 years. Thirty-two Authorities permanently exclude all children under 5
years of age from all elementary schools. (See 1908 Report of Consultative
Committee of the Board of Education upon School Attendance of Children
below the Age of Five, Appendix 5.)