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the M.A.B. (99), Health Visitors (4i), and other sources
(32), and these children were visited by the Health
Visitors. One hundred and twelve children were removed
to an isolation Hospital and there were ii deaths
among them. As 28 deaths from this disease were
recorded during the year it is evident that the majority
of cases did not come to our knowledge.
Chickenpox.
Chickenpox was notifiable during the greater part
of the year, but apart from formal notifications from
medical practitioners i also received information as to
i47 cases of Chicken-pox, "mainly from the Head
Teachers of Elementary Schools in the Borough.
These cases were visited by the District Sanitary
inspectors.
influenza, Etc.
Two hundred and seventy cases of influenza were
reported by the Schools in the early part of the year,
and i was informed of 7 cases of Mumps by the
Queen's Hospital. A number of other children were
also visited by the inspectors for conditions reported
by the Head Teachers, and suggestive of one of the
notifiable diseases.
DISINFECTION SERVICE.
During the year, 1,913 rooms and 31,275 articles
were disinfected for various reasons, liquid Formalin
in the form of a spray being used for the purpose of
disinfecting rooms.
One Belsize and one Morris motor van are used
for conveying articles for disinfection.