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Bethnal Green 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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NON-NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
Measles.
During the year 883 cases of Measles came to my knowledge from the following sources:—
| Schools | 637 |
| M.A.B. Hospitals | 157 |
| Other Hospitals | 10 |
| Medical Practitioners | 22 |
| Health Visitors | 47 |
| Others | 10 |
| 883 |
All cases were visited, either by a Health Visitor
or the District Sanitary inspector, according to the age
of the patient.
One hundred and sixty-nine patients were removed
to M.A.B. Hospitals, and in seven cases nursing
assistance was provided by the Council.
Seventy cases proved to be not measles.
A temporary Measles Health Visitor was appointed
and took up her duties on the 9th December, 1929. As
was found to be the case in the outbreak of 1927-28,
the services of this special Officer enabled the Council
to secure some administrative control over the spread
and prompt treatment of the disease.
information as to primary cases under school age
is passed on to the L.C.C., to enable that authority to
check the spread of infection in the schools and similar
information is sent to Sunday Schools.
Whooping Cough.
One hundred and seventy-two cases of Whooping
Cough came to my knowledge through reports from