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NON-NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
Measles.
During the year 1,357 cases of Measles came to
my knowledge from the following sources:—
Schools 905
M.A.B. Hospitals 76
Other Hospitals 93
Medical Practitioners 47
Health Visitors 206
Others 30
1,357
All cases were visited, either by a Health Visitor
or the District Sanitary Inspector, according to the age
of the patient.
One hundred and seventy-seven patients were
removed to L.C.C. Special Hospitals, and in seventeen
cases nursing assistance was provided by the Council.
Forty-three cases proved to be not measles.
A temporary Measles Health Visitor was appointed
and took up her duties on the 9th December, 1929. As
was found to be the case in the outbreak of 1927-28,
the services of this special Officer enabled the Council
to secure some administrative control over the spread
and prompt treatment of the disease.
Information as to primary cases under school age
is passed on to the L.C.C., to enable that authority to
check the spread of infection in the schools and similar
information is sent to Sunday Schools.
Whooping Cough.
Eighteen cases of Whooping Cough came to my
knowledge through reports from the L.C.C. (6), Health
Visitors (7), and other sources (5), and these children