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The death-rate from Whooping Cough was 0.38 per
1,000 of population.
All the deaths were of children under five years of age:—
7 were under one year of age.
4 were between one and two years.
2 were between two and three years.
1 was between four and five years.
The conditions of housing and attendant circumstances
wore similar to those noted in my report on the Measles
epidemic; and the precautions taken to prevent the spread
of infection and as far as possible limit the case mortality
followed the lines indicated under the same heading.
Smallpox.
No case of this disease has been notified in Finchley since
August 1902.
The Hospital in Summers Lane, which has accommodation
for 24 patients, has been kept in readiness for immediate
use. By an agreement with the Hornsey Borough Council
this Hospital is available for cases from their district, but it
was not called into requisition during 1907.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
In consequence of the severe outbreaks of Cerebro-Spinal
Meningitis at Glasgow and Belfast, and the fact that cases
had been reported in London as well as in other towns in
various parts of England, a resolution was passed by the
Finchley District Council on the 3rd June, 1907, ordering
that the Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889, should
apply within their area to Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis and
that the Order should come into operation on the 10th June
and remain in force for a period of one year from that date.
No case of this disease was notified during 1907.