View report page

36
MEASLES.
25 deaths were registered as due to Measles, and 23 of these
occurred in the first quarter of the year. The other 2 deaths
occurred in the second quarter of the year. All the deaths
occurred in the outbreak which commenced in September, 1912.
The outbreak started in the south-western part of the district, the
first case being reported from the Rothschild Road School. The
outbreak spread through most of the district, and the distribution
of the deaths was as follows :—
Gloucester Road 3
Meon Road 3
Junction Road 2
Colville Road 2
Osborne Road 2
Packington Road 2
Acton Lane 1
Avenue Road 1
Bollo Lane 1
Clovelly Road 1
Holland Terrace 1
Mill Hill Terrace 1
Park Road North 1
Park Road East 1
Petersheld Road 1
St. Margaret's Terrace 1
On Table 111. the ages at death are given, and it will be
observed that, as usual, the most fatal year is the second one. In
the first year of life only 2 deaths occurred, and in the second
year 15. In the report on the medical inspection of school children
the age-incidence of the notified cases is given, and though these
figures are not a criterion of the distribution of the disease, they
show that Measles is a comparatively mild disease except in very
young children, and exceedingly fatal to children in their second
and third year.