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I should like to recommend to the Health Committee that all
the Milk and Cream Vendors in the Borough be circularised with
a copy of the Milk and Cream Regulations and a covering letter,
and that the Food Inspector for the Borough of Battersea be
instructed to take samples under these Regulations.
I understand from the Inspector that the number of samples
it is possible to obtain will be very small indeed.
(Signed) ARTHUR R. LITTELJOHN,
Acting Medical Officer of Health.
Circulated by order of the Health Committee.
W. MARCUS WILKINS,
Town Clerk.
29th April, 1913.
Public Health Department,
Municipal Buildings,
Battersea, S.W.
19th May, 1913.
To the Health Committee.
Gentlemen,
In accordance with the instructions of the Committee I beg
to submit my Report on Measles.
The question of Measles as a cause of death has occupied the
attention of the Health Committee at various times for many
years past, and precautions to limit the high mortality from the
disease have been taken. Unfortunately, for reasons which will
be referred to in this Report, the problem of Measles is a difficult
one, and in order to appreciate fully its difficulty it will be necessary
to deal with the question in some detail.
Measles—The Disease.
Description.—Measles is an acute specific disease, highly
infectious. After infection, there is a period1 of latency known
as the stage of incubation, during which the patient may exhibit
no symptoms. This stage usually lasts 12 days and ends with