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All cases were visited, either by the special Measles
Health Visitor or the District Sanitary Inspector or
the Health Visitor, according to the age of the patient.
Three hundred and thirty patients were removed
to M.A.B. Hospitals, and in twenty-eight cases nursing
assistance was provided by the Council.
Forty cases proved to be not measles.
The Temporary Measles Health Visitor appointed
at the end of 1927 was employed until 31st March,
1928, when the epidemic had abated. Her services
were of great value in securing some kind of administrative
control over the spread and prompt treatment of
the disease. Information as to primary cases under
school age was passed on to the L.C.C., to enable that
authority to check the spread of infection in the schools,
and similar information was sent to Sunday Schools.
I also received information as to 418 cases of
Chicken Pox, mainly from the Head Teachers of
Elementary Schools in the Borough. These cases were
visited by the District Sanitary Inspectors.
Thirteen cases of Whooping Cough occurring in
children under school age came to my knowledge
through reports from the M.A.B. (12) and a Health
Visitor (1), and these children were visited by the Health
Visitors.