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Twenty-three other cases were notified from this school between
the above date and April 28th.
Four deaths were registered as due to the disease.
Whooping Cough. Thirty-six cases of this disease were notified by
the school teachers as compared with 133 for the
previous year. Altogether 90 children were kept from school on
account of this disease.
There were 25 deaths registered as due to this disease; 24 of
these occurred below five years of age, and one was registered as
five years of age.
Chicken Pox. Twelve cases of this disease were notified by
school teachers during the months from March
to May. Enquiries as to vaccination and isolation were made in
every instance. Thirty-three children were kept from school on
account of this ailment.
Mumps. Twenty-one cases of this affection were notified.
Diarrhœa. Ten deaths were registered as due to diarrhoea,
chiefly during the hot weather. Six of the deaths
were below one year of age. The number of deaths from this complaint
in 1904 was 23.
Tuberculosis. During the year there were 27 deaths registered
in the Borough as due to Phthisis, and 19 to
other tubercular diseases, a total of 36 deaths due to tuberculosis.
The number of deaths registered as due to this disease in 1904 was
44, and in 1903 the number was 54.
Of the total number of deaths in the Borough for 1905 this disease
claimed 7 per cent, as compared with 15 per cent, for 1904,
and 11 per cent, for 1903.
Of the 35 deaths, 22 occurred between the ages of 25 and 65 years.