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infants, could be avoided. The old club system which
existed in the north of England prior to the passing of
the Insurance Act, under which system in many
instances all the members of the family were able
to obtain medical attention, although having many
drawbacks, certainly enabled poor persons to obtain
immediate medical attention for their children, and
personally I should be very glad if the present Insurance
Act could be extended, so far as medical benefit
is concerned, to the dependents of insured persons.
(1) (2)
Number receiving re- Persons in receipt of
lief. Indoor and out- out-door medical re-
Date. door, but excluding lief only not included
(Half-year Lunatics and figures in column 1.
ending). in column 2.
1st Jan., 1914 1,920 90
1st July, 1914 1,804 88
1st Jan., 1915 1,915 64
1st July, 1915 1,553 66
1st Jan., 1916 1,572 86
1st July, 1916 1,511 77
1st Jan., 1917 1,554 69
1st July, 1917 1,546 65
1st Jan., 1918 1,527 64
1st July, 1918 1,439 * 73
1st Jan., 1919 1,341 46
1st July, 1919 1,376 43
1st Jan., 1920 1,430 46
1st July, 1920 • 1,426 44
1st Jan., 1921 2,465 75
1st July, 1921 2,486 70
1st Jan., 1922 4,074 58
1st July, 1922 3,520 56
1st Jan., 1923 3,120 64
1st July, 1923 2,659 92
1st Jan., 1924 2,793 70
Infectious Disease.
The total number of cases of infectious disease
notified during the year was 3,608, compared with
4,388 for the year 1922, and 2,834 for the year 1921.
Towards this total of 3,608 measles contributed 1,951.