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pared with 249) and also from tuberculosis (134
against 173). The following figures show the mortality
from infectious diseases for the last live years:—
1926 425
1927 354
1928 400
1929 511
1930 368
Whereas there were only 10 deaths due to Measles
in 1929 there were 27 during 1930, all except one in
children under 5 years of age.
Nineteen deaths were due to Diphtheria in 1930,
compared with 10 in 1929, while two persons died of
Scarlet Fever compared with three in 1929.
There were 9 deaths from infectious diseases of
the nervous system (Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 5,
Encephalitis Lethargica 3, and Acute Poliomyelitis 1)
compared with 13 in 1929.
Five children died of Whooping Cough, one under
one year of age, three between one and two years of age
and one aged four years.
It is of importance to aim at preventing the acute
infectious diseases which show the highest mortality in
children, namely infantile diarrhoea, measles and diphtheria.
During the live years from 1926 to 1930, the
deaths in Fulham from measles averaged nearly 20
annually, nearly 36 deaths occurred yearly from infantile
diarrhœ and the figure for diphtheria was between
16 and 17.
Diphtheria.
Notificntion. Four hundred and two notifications
were received during 1930, an increase of 32 compared
with last year. The attack rate was equal to 2.6 per
thousand of the population.
The two sexes were affected in the proportion of
221 cases in females to 181 in males.