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TYPHUS FEVER.
No death occurred from this disease in the Borough during the year
and no case was notified.
MEASLES.
The deaths from Measles during the year numbered 161, as against
116 in the preceding year.
The annual rate per 1,000 living was .78.
This is slightly below the average number of deaths for the last ten
years.
Deaths from Measles during the last ten years :
1892 274
1893 75
1894 229
1895 198
1896 192
1897 184
1898 145
1899 171
1900 116
1901 161
In all cases of Measles, Whooping Cough, and other non-notifiable
diseases in which information has been sent to the Medical Officer from
the Schools in the Borough, it has been our practice for the Women
Sanitary Inspectors to visit at once and inspect the premises. At the
same time that a visit was made, such advice and instruction as a Sanitary
Inspector is allowed to give, was offered to those in charge of the
patient. The work carried on by the Women Inspectors in this field
has been of the most important character, and I believe has been fully
appreciated by the inhabitants of the Borough.
The visiting of cases of infectious disease by the Women Inspectors
has occasionally been a little misunderstood, and has been thought to
savour of unnecessary interference.
The few cases which have arisen during the year calling for an explanation,
speak eloquently to the tact and care shewn by the Women
Inspectors in the carrying out of their very important but delicate duties.
ENTERIC FEVER.
The deaths from Enteric Fever during the year 1901 numbered 18,
as against 39 for the preceding year.
The number of cases notified was 135 for 1901, and 307 for 1900.
The annual rate per 1,000 living was .09.