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Ealing 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Whooping Cough and Measles.— Information regarding the
prevalence of these two non-notifiable infectious diseases is obtained
from the weekly returns of absentees made by the head-teachers
to the Medical Officer of Health. There were 1,025 absences from
school owing to measles, indicating that the disease was very prevalent
in the district, and 270 owing to whooping cough. Measles
and whooping cough accounted for four deaths each during the year,
giving for each a death-rate of 0.04 per 1,000 of population.
The death-rates for Ealing are lower than those for England and Wales, the Great Towns and for London, as is indicated below:—
| England at | id Great | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wales. | Towns. | London. | Ealing. | |
| Measles | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.30 | 0.04 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.04 |