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The death-rate per 1000 of population from this cause was
0.39, while that from Scarlet Fever was only 0.17. The deathrate
therefore from Measles was more than twice as great as that
from Scarlet Fever.
Death-rate from Measles for England and Wales (1905) 0.32
do. do. do. 76 Great Towns do. 0.39
do. do. do. 141 Smaller Towns do. 0.31
Measles is not a notifiable disease in this Borough, but the
School Attendance Officers and Head Teachers forward particulars
of all children excluded from school in consequence of
Measles, and during the year I have been informed of 555 cases.
It was necessary to close the Infants' Department of Sandringham
Road School for a period of 21 days, in consequence of
an outbreak of this disease during the year.
WHOOPING COUGH.
This was the cause of 57 deaths. Like Measles this is considered
to be of little importance, and very little care is taken of
patients suffering from the disease. The death-rate was 0.46 per
1000; the death-rate for England and Wales being 0.25.
The combined death-rate for Whooping Cough and Measles
was 0.85 per 1,000 while the death-rate from all the other notifiable
diseases put together was only 0.61 per 1000.
TUBERCULAR DISEASE.
158 deaths were recorded, classified as follows :—
Pulmonary Phthisis (Consumption) 106.
Other forms of Tuberculosis 52.
This gives a death-rate of 1.28 per 1000, that is, tuberculosis
caused more deaths than Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever
and all the other notifiable diseases put together.
The death-rate of the Borough from all causes for the year
was 12.3. It is therefore seen that Tuberculosis was responsible
for one-tenth of the entire deaths of the Borough.