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CHICKEN-POX.
28. 157 oases of varicella were notified by school teachers,
compared with 243, 327, 232, and 385, in the four preceding
years. 28 were under five years, 115 between five
and ten, and 14 over ten years.
MEASLES.
29. There were 9 deaths from measles, giving a rate of
0.07, compared with 0.16, 0.23, and 0.24, in the three
preceding years. This is the lowest rate yet recorded in
the Borough. The rate in London County was 0.34, compared
with 0 40 in 1912.
30. Of the 9 who died from measles, 7 were under five
years of age; 5 were males and 4 females.
31. 387 notifications were received from school teachers,
compared with 519, 768, 396, 801, and 775, in the five
preceding years. The mortality per cent. of notifications was
2.3, compared with 1.9, 7.2, 5.3, 3.5, and 3.9 in the five
preceding years.
12 cases were removed to the Fever Hospital on the
certificate of the Medical Officer of Health that hospital
isolation was necessary.
32. The following table gives the number of deaths and
death-rates from measles for the past three years, and four
preceding quinquennia in each parish, and the death-rate in
London:—