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Six hundred and thirteen cases were treated at the
homes of the patients, I at the Metropolitan Asylums
Board's Hospitals, I at Hammersmith Infirmary, I at
the West London Hospital, and 3 at Paddington
Infirmary Forty-seven. deaths were registered. As
this is not a notifiable disease it is of no use giving the
mortality rate on the cases reported, as no doubt only
a proportion of the cases which occurred were known.
One hundred and eighty-six military cases were also
reported and removed to various Isolation Hospitals.
Owing to the stringent instructions of the Educational
Department of the London County Council most of
the cases, as usual, occurring among pupils at the
schools of the London County Council were reported
to me. A strict system of disinfection was
carried out in accordance with the provisions of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and very little
opposition was met with. The disinfection in the case
of measles has continued to entail a large amount of
extra work on the Public Health Department, and
particularly so on the Disinfectors.
From the whole of the notifiable infectious
diseases there were only 33 deaths, whereas from
measles alone there were 47 deaths. In every
case that was reported the premises were at once
inspected as to the sanitary condition.
In November the Local Government Board, under
the powers conferred upon them, issued a General
Order whereby the diseases known as Measles and
German Measles were made notifiable diseases, and
made the following regulations, which came into
operation on the 1st day of January, 1916:—
ORDER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.
NOTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF MEASLES
AND GERMAN MEASLES.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of
London, in Common Council assembled ;—