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isolated for the necessary period, and in all cases the occupied
rooms are afterwards disinfected.
Carriers of diphtheria bacilli are isolated.
No vaccinations were performed by the Medical Officer of
Health under the Public Health Regulations, 1917, no necessity
arising.
Towards the end of the year a comparatively slight epidemic
of measles occurred, extending to the beginning of the present year.
School intimations of infectious disease are freely utilised.
Only one death occurred from influenza. No noticeable
epidemic of this complaint occurred requiring an enquiry.
No arrangements have been made for the purpose of cleansing
and disinfecting verminous persons and their belongings, as the
need for this does not seem to exist. No doubt such treatment,
if found necessary, would be available at the Poor Law infirmary or
workhouse.
The notification of cases of tuberculosis appears to be properly
effected and no action has been necessary to enforce the regulations.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
Clinics are held by the Assistant School Medical Officer and are
attended by expectant and nursing mothers, and children under five
years of age.
The only criticism I have to make of the local Infant Welfare
Scheme is that the medical treatment is not, as it should be, in the
hands of the local doctors.
Their experience specially fits them for the work, and they are
much more likely to retain the confidence of the mothers than is