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Measles and German Measles.
The Notification of Measles and German Measles Order, 1915, came into force
on January 1st, 1916. This Order requires that parents or guardians must notify
these diseases, unless they have been previously notified by medical practitioners.
The medical practitioner is not required to notify the case, if another person
suffering from the disease has been notified in the same household within the
previous two months.
The number of Measles notified was 2,255; 202 being under 1 year of age,
and 1,463 between 1 and 5 years of age.
524 belonged to the Limehouse District, with 23 deaths, and a death-rate
of 46 per 1,000.
588 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, with 20 deaths, and a death-rate
of .45 per 1,000.
849 belonged to Mile End Old Town, with 16 deaths, and a death-rate of
.15 per 1,000.
294 belonged to the Whitechapel District, with 4 deaths and a death-rate
of .06 per 1,000.
The death rate of the whole Borough was at the annual rate of .24 per 1,000
of the population, while that for the whole of London was .15 per 1,000.
The number of deaths from Measles in the Borough since 1901 is as follows:—
1901 155
1902 158
1903 162
1904 176
1905 151
1906 171
1907 155
1908 264
1909 236
1910 93
1911 291
1912 172
1913 95
1914 174
1915 113
1916 63