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Measles is a notifiable disease in the Borough,
but in 1933 we had only a mild epidemic. No
special Measles Nurse was appointed during the
year and therefore the Health Visitors visited 71
cases of measles. As a report of these cases has
to be entered on two sets of cards, these visits
took up a considerable proportion of the Health
Visitors' time.
Notification of Births.
The birth-rate went down during the year and
only 1,811 births of living children and 58 stillbirths
were notified—a decrease of the former and
an increase of the latter. Of these 204 or 10.9
per cent. were notified by doctors, 1,657 or 88.7
per cent. by midwives and 8 or 0.4 per cent. by
parents. The stillbirths during 1933 were equal
to 3.1 per cent, of the notified births.
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
There are three Maternity and Child Welfare
Centres in Fulham distributed over the Borough,
at 90-92, Greyhound Road; 170, Wandsworth
Bridge Road ; and Melmoth Hall, Eustace Road.
The total attendances at the Infant Welfare
Centres have increased by 1,114, and the first
attendances of children under one year of age
represents 56.3 per cent. of the notified live
births.

* Taken over by Council 1 /4/30.