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The outbreak at the Cottenham Park School was combined with
Ringworm and Chicken Pox.
In the summer holidays the whole of the public elementary
schools were disinfected by the Staff of the Sanitary Department for
the Education Authority.
151 lists containing the names of 590 scholars attending public
elementary schools and suspected to be suffering from Measles weie
received from the head teachers and investigated.
Whooping Cough was the registered cause of death in 4
instances against 10 last year and 14 the previous year.
Influenza was responsible for 10 deaths as compared with 8
last year and 3 the previous year.
Phthisis and other forms of Tuberculosis was the
assigned cause of 59 deaths as against 40 the two previous years, and
is represented by a death-rate of l.l, which is slightly higher than
any other for the past ten years as will be seen from Table C on
page 5.
The deaths were distributed through the various Wards as
follows :— South Park, 25; Trinity, 18; Dundonald, 7; Cottenham
Park, 5; St. John's, 2; and St. Mary's, 2.
The Sanitary Committee on April 18th considered a memorandum
issued by the National Association for the Prevention of
Consumption upon the means for preventing the spread of Consumption
which might be adopted by Local Authorities, and I was
requested to report whether any, and, if so, what steps should be
taken by the Council to prevent the spread of Consumption and
other forms of Tuberculosis within this Borough.
I prepared and submitted the following report to the Sanitary
Committee at their meeting on June 14th, and it was resolved
(a) that a copy of the report be forwarded to each member of the
Council; (6) that the Town Clerk be directed to forward a copy of
the report to the Honorary Secretary of the Wimbledon and District
Medical Society, and suggest that the members of that Society should
meet this Committee at an early date and discuss the Medical
Officer's recommendations.