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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1912
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1912
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SICKNESS AND DEATHS FROM
NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Measles. The deaths from measles in the four quarters of the year were:—
| 1st Quarter | 9 |
| 2nd „ | 24 |
| 3rd „ | 6 |
| 4th „ | 26 |
| 65 |
The death-rate was 0.42 per 1,000, being 0.12 below
the average rate of the preceding ten years.
783 cases were reported by the Schools, and these
were visited by the Sanitary Inspectors, who gave
printed and verbal instructions respecting the precautions
to be taken to prevent the spread of the disease.
The London County Council regulations with regard
to the exclusion of children from infected houses are:—
1.—Boys' and Girls' Departments.
(a) If a child has had measles it need not be excluded from
attendance at school.
(b) If a child has not had measles it should be excluded
from attendance at school for a period of 14 days from
the date of the occurrence of the first case.
2.—Infants' Departments.
All children should be excluded from attendance at
school for a period of 14 days from the date of the
last case.
In addition to the children excluded under the above
regulations, 100 class rooms in various schools were either
closed for certain periods or all the unprotected children
in them were excluded.