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Whooping Cough.
Four deaths occurred from Whooping Cough as against 3 in 1911,
11 in 1910, and 18 in 1909. The mortality per 1000 population was
0.05. Like measles, whooping cough tends to become complicated by
pneumonia, and the patients require to be carefully looked after, but
unfortunately it is popularly regarded as a disease of slight importance.
Hospital treatment for cases of whooping cough, recommended by
the Medical Officer of Health, is now provided by the Metropolitan
Asylums Board in addition to Poor Law cases under an Order of the
Local Government Board, dated 9th August, 1912, and the number of
llampstead patients removed to the Board's Hospitals during the year
amounted to 10.
Diarrhœa.
The number of deaths from this cause was 3, as compared with 15
in 1911, the death-rate per 1000 of the population being 0"03.
None of these deaths occurred among children under one year of
age.