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5.—Measles (decennial average 26.9).
The 13 deaths, all young children, were but half the
average.
This disease is not yet notifiable. On the 9th February,
1892, your Board passed a Resolution in favour of the
provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
relating to the notification of infectious diseases being
extended to measles. This Resolution has been forwarded
to the Local Government Board, but up to the present
they have not sanctioned the proposal.
In reply to a letter from the Clerk to the Vestry of St.
George the Martyr, and other Local Authorities, enquiring
whether your Board is in favour of measles being a notifiable
disease, and whether hospital accommodation should
be provided for such patients, replies were forwarded
stating that the Board saw no reason to alter the views
then entertained of measles being a notifiable disease, but
they are not in favour of hospital accommodation being
provided for the patients so notified.
I consider notification would be most advantageous, as
it would be the means of informing Local Authorities where
such cases existed. The children from such places could
then be prevented from attending school, and their parents
advised to call in medical aid, which might save many lives.
6.—Whooping-Cough (decennial average 22.0).
13 young children died from this disease, a number
much below the average.
The 1,483 from it in all London is the lowest rate on
record.