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Beyond the closing of the two schools already mentioned, the
measures adopted to check the epidemic consisted in excluding
all children from school who had not previously suffered from
Measles, and in distributing throughout the district leaflets of
advice.
Having no Health Visitors I could not make any arrangements
for the cases to be visited.
WHOOPING COUGH.
Whooping Cough caused 20 deaths, and so was responsible
for a death-rate of -16 per 1,000 of the population.
The corresponding rate for England and Wales was .21; for
the 77 Great Towns, .24; and for London, .23.
DIARRHCEA AND ENTERITIS.
Diarrhoea and Enteritis are accountable for 126 deaths. 87 of
these deaths occurred in children under one year of age and 21 in
those aged one and under two years; only 2 deaths occurred
between two and five years; 2 between five and 15; none between
15 and 25; 2 between 25 and 45; 4 between 45 and 65; and
8 between 65 and upwards.