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122 patients were removed to L.C.C. Special
Hospitals, and in one case nursing assistance was
provided by the Council.
After various corrections of diagnosis and sifting of
"suspected" cases, there would appear to have been
a nett total of at least 311 actual cases.
Information as to cases not already known to them
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.
There were 6 deaths from measles during the year.
German Measles.
410 cases of German Measles were also reported,
85 of them being removed to hospital. Correction of
diagnosis and sifting of "suspected" cases, makes the
nett total of actual cases about 405.
Whooping Cough.
144 cases of Whooping Cough among children
under 5 years came to my knowledge; through reports
from the L.C.C. (86), Health Visitors (54), Schools (1),
and other sources (3), and these children were visited
by the Health Visitors. 89 children were removed to
an Isolation Hospital and 81 recovered. 11 deaths
from this disease were recorded during the year.
Miscellaneous Investigations.
383 cases of Chickenpox were reported and visited
by the Sanitary Inspectors. A number of other
children were also visited by the Inspectors for illnesses
reported by the Head Teachers, and suggestive of one
of the notifiable diseases.
Diabetes.
Arising out of an application from the University
College Hospital on behalf of a poor Bethnal Green