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There were 9 cases of
Erysipelas,
but these were of no importance, and only one fatal result
happened from them. There were 23 in 1893.
This ends the cases of " Notifiable " Infectious Diseases,
but there remains to be recorded a very heavy outbreak of
Measles in October, out of which there were no fewer than 111
children excluded from, the Fossdene Road Board School in
consequence.
Fortunately there were very few deaths. Later in the
year, in December, another outbreak occurred, in which the
children attending the Charlton National Schools were mostly
affected, but with the same satisfactory results, as taking the
whole year through there were only eight deaths due to the
disease.
Whooping Cough
frequently a very fatal disease among young children, has only
7 deaths—there were 6 last year—so that we cannot complain
of any severe outbreak.
During the whole year, and even during the latter months,
the amount of
Diarrhœa
was merely nominal, and only 3 deaths occurred. This is a
particularly small number for a year.