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Tuberculosis.
Information concerning deaths from Tuberculosis will be found on
pages 29 and 30.
Measles.
This disease is compulsorily notifiable in Hampstead under the
Borough of Hampstead (Measles) Regulations, 1920.
During 1924, 1226 cases were notified and 6 deaths occurred, four
in Hospital and two at home.
The following information is submitted in relation to the 6 cases
which proved fatal.
In two of the four instances in which death occurred in Hospital,
the patients, aged two and four years respectively, were ill with
Pneumonia when removal took place. One case was removed by the
doctor's orders and one on the advice of the Health Visitor. One of
the four cases removed was an unnotified case discovered by the
Health Visitor.
Of the two fatal cases which were nursed at home, in one instance
the Health Visitor's offer to obtain the services of a Jubilee Nurse was
accepted and in one instance was refused. Both patients were
medically attended.
With regard to the early notification of the fatal cases, in one
instance notification was unfortunately delayed; the existence of the
case was brought to the knowledge of the Health Visitor when
investigating a case in another family in the house. The patient was
subsequently removed to Hospital and died there.
The secondary cause of death in all six cases was Bronchopneumonia.
Whooping Cough.
This disease is not compulsorily notifiable in Hampstead; our
principal source of information of the occurrence of cases is the Head
Teachers of Schools Four deaths were due to Whooping Cough in
1924.