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Of the eight cases in Hampstead, both eyes were affected in 6
instances, and one eye in 2 instances. All the patients made a complete
recovery.
Measles.
Compulsory notification of Measles, which came into operation on
January 1st, 1916, was rescinded at the end of 1919, by the Public
Health (Measles and German Measles) Regulations, 1915, Rescission
Order, 1919.
The Public Health Committee, in May, considered the desirability
of re-instating the compulsory notification of Measles (excluding
German Measles) and, in making formal application to the Ministry for
an Order, expressed the opinion that it would be to the great advantage
of the community if such compulsory notification were general in all
districts. The Ministry granted the Order making Measles notifiable in
Hampstead and the Regulations came into force on 1st August. These
Regulations provide that a Medical Practitioner shall not be required to
notify a case of Measles:—
(a) if he has reasonable grounds for supposing that the case has
already been notified under the Regulations, or
(b) if a case of the disease which he is attending has to his
knowledge occurred in the same household or institution and
been notified within the period of two months immediately
preceding the date on which he first becomes aware of the
disease in the case he is attending.
On the subject of nursing; facilities for cases of Measles, I took
the opportunity of reminding the medical practitioners that under the
terms of an arrangement entered into with the Borough Council, both
Nursing Associations would render assistance, and that the services of a
fully trained nurse could be obtained free of charge upon application to
the Hampstead District Nursing Association, 25, Heathurst Road,
N.W. 3., or the Kilburn and West Hampstead District Nursing
Association, 34, Dynham Road, Kilburn, N.W., 6.
The total number of cases of Measles known to the Department in
1920 was 482, the principal source of information being the Head
Teachers of Schools. Of these 482 cases, 87 occurred in well-to-do