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and five years, and one over five years. The measles death-rate was 0.98 per
1,000 population as compared with 0.36 in 1913, 1.14 in 1912, 1.13 in 1911, 0.70 in
1910, 1.10 in 1909, 0.44 in 1908, 0.99 in 1907, 0.64 in 1906, 0.52 in 1905, 0.69
in 1901, and 0-85 in 1903. The rate was highest in Church Ward and lowest in
Acton, being 1.88 per 1,000 inhabitants in the former as compared with 0.24 in the
latter ward.
The number of instances in which houses were brought to the notice of the
Health Department as having measles therein was 745, as compared With 251 in
1913, 847 for 1912, 602 in 1911 and 736 for 1910. Some of the houses were reported
more than once. In the great majority of the cases the information was received
through the school authorities. lrrom the inquiries made, in 100 instances the
illness did not appear to have been measles. The number of children brought
to our notice by the school authorities as suffering from measles was 721. Eleven
cases were notified from other sources. Intimations were received from the
Metropolitan Asylums Board as to the removal of 14 cases of measles to the
hospitals of the Board from Shoreditch during the year. The majority of these
were cases treated by the Poor Law Medical Officers.
Disinfection in the majority of cases coming under notice was carried out by
the officers of the Borough Council; 443 rooms were sprayed, and the usual steps
were taken as to bedding and textile articles. Altogether some 313 beds, 178
mattresses, 461 pillows, 134 bolsters, and 1,896 other articles were removed for
disinfection at the disinfecting station. In 16 instances disinfection was carried
out by the occupiers of the dwellings where the cases had occurred. This was done
to the satisfaction of the medical practitioners in attendance. Since the inclusion
of measles amongst the dangerous infectious diseases, it has been the rule in
Shoreditch to deal with it as far as practicable on the same lines as with other
dangerous infectious diseases.
The deaths from measles in London numbered 1,385, as compared with 1,570
in 1913, 1,799 in 1912, 2,570 in 1911, 1,980 in 1910 and 2,321 in 1909, the deathrate
being 0.31, as compared with 0.34 in 1913, 0-39 in 1912, 0.57 in 1911, 0.40 in
1910 and 0.48 in 1909.
WHOOPING COUGH.
The deaths from whooping cough numbered 55, 26 of males and 29 of females.
Of these 22 were of infants aged under 1 year, 29 of children aged between 1 and
5 years, and 4 of children aged from 5 to 10 years. Deaths were most numerous
during April, May, June, July, August and September. The whooping cough
death-rate was 0.50 per 1,000 population, as compared with 0.25 in 1913, 0.38 in
1912, 0.29 in 1911, 0.39 in 1910 and 0.64 in 1909. The rate was highest in
Moorfields and lowest in Acton being 0.88 in the former and 0.16 in the latter
ward.
Under the Metropolitan Asylums (Whooping Cough) Order, 1912, the Managers
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board may admit into any of their hospitals persons