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homes in which a case of measles or whooping-cough was being
nursed. The death which occurred took place in a house in which
there were no school children. As the parent of the child had not
attended the Welfare Centre for some time, no information was
obtained as to the occurrence of the case until it was too late to be
of any assistance. It is gratifying to note that no deaths occurred
among the cases admitted to hospital, although some were gravely
ill upon admission, while all cases attended by the Queen's Nurses
also made a satisfactory recovery. Thus, at a very early date the
Council's provision for such an emergency justified itself to
the hilt.

As already noted there was one death from measles.
Notifiable Diseases occurring amongst School Children.—
The arrangements remain unaltered from those detailed in last
year's Report.
Disinfection and Disinfestation.—The arrangements for
disinfection and disinfestation remain unaltered. The following
table summarises the work carried out during the year: —
(1) Disinfection in connection with Notifiable Infectious Diseases:
Number of rooms fumigated 266
Number of school class-rooms (Private,
Elementary and Secondary) fumigated 58
Number of articles disinfected by steam 2,144
Number of articles destroyed 81
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