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Puerperal Fever.
Six cases were notified, of which four proved fatal, the
deaths from septic poisoning after childbirth being in the
proportion of 1.0 deaths to 1,000 births. Each of the six
patients was attended by a different medical practitioner and
nurse.
Erysipelas.
Ninety.four cases of this disease were notified, and it was
the cause of six deaths, three being of children under one
year of age.
NON.NOTIFIABLE ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Measles.
This disease was the cause of 50 deaths, the average for
the preceding 19 years, allowing for the increase of
population, being 88.
The death.rate for Fulham was .4, and for London .6.
The question of the advisability of adding Measles to
the list of notifiable diseases, I dealt with in my report for
1894.
Whooping Cough.
Whooping Cough was the cause of 50 deaths, the
average number for the preceding eight years being 57. Of
these, 29 were children under one year of age, and 29 of
children between one and five years. The death.rates for
Fulham and London from this disease were 0.54 and 0.48
per 1,000 respectively. Although the case mortality of
Whooping Cough is low, the disease kills more children
than any Zymotic disease except Diarrhoea. Unfortunately,
it is always looked upon as a very trivial ailment, and comparatively
little care is taken of the sufferers, who usually
succumb to one of the pulmonary complications of the
disease induced by neglect.