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under five years of age, 209 between five and ten, and 9
over ten.
An order was issued by the Local Government Board
giving permission to the Asylums Board to admit to their
hospitals children under 14 suffering from whooping-cough,
on the recommendation of the Medical Officer of Health.
Four cases were admitted during the year.
Instructions printed on cards are left at houses where
cases are notified by school teachers. The instrutions were
printed in the Annual Report for 1910.
It is satisfactory to note a further great reduction in the
mortality of this disease in the five years during which
this practice has been in force.
SCARLET FEVER.
35. There were 701 cases of scarlet fever notified (deducting
13 cases of mistaken diagnosis), equivalent to a rate
of 5.46 per 1,000 population, compared with 4.80 in 1913.
This is the highest rate recorded since 1909 when it was
8.04.
36. The following table shows the case-rates of scarlet
fever in the Borough and each registration district during
the past thirteen years, compared with London:—