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These measures have now been in force in Woolwich for
over five years, and have no doubt had a large share in the
reduction of the Measles death-rate, which in the last five
years was only one half what it was in the period 1890
to 1900.
Measles last year was much more prevalent in other
parts of London than in Woolwich, and the President of the
Local Government Board invited the Metropolitan Medical
Officers of Health to meet him in conference on the subject.
The outcome of the Conference was a decision that the steps
above described should be generally carried out. There
was a consensus of opinion that compulsory notification
of Measles was inadvisable. The London County Council
was asked to secure earlier notification of children absent
for Measles, and the suggestion was made by the Local
Government Board, in a memorandum, that the Borough
Councils should increase their Medical Staff to visit notified
cases. Lastly, it was arranged with the Metropolitan
Asylums Board that, as far as accommodation allowed,
children with Measles should be admitted to the Board's
Hospitals if the Medical Officer of Health considered their
removal necessary.
Whooping-cough.
34. There were 6 deaths from Whooping-cough, compared
with 32, 15, and 25, in the three preceding years. The
death-rate was 0.05, compared with 0.20, in 1910, and
0.23 in the County of London. The Woolwich death-rate
is the lowest on record.
The following table gives the deaths and death-rates
per 1,000 population since the Borough was formed, com-