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authority to check the spread of infection in the
schools and similar information is sent to Sunday
Schools.
There were no deaths from measles during the
year.
German Measles.
17 cases of German Measles were also reported,
9 of them being removed to hospital. Correction of
diagnosis and sifting of " suspected " cases, makes
the net total of actual cases 18.
Whooping Cough.
375 cases of Whooping Cough came to my knowledge
; through reports from the L.C.C. (81), Health
Visitors (67), Sanitary Inspectors (11), Schools (202),
Hospitals (10), and doctors (4), and these children
were visited by the Health Visitors and the Sanitary
Inspectors. 16 cases proved not to be Whooping
Cough leaving a net total of 359. 113 children
were removed to an Isolation Hospital. 4 deaths
from this disease were recorded during the year.
Miscellaneous Investigations.
399 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.
The Council has for some years paid for the
Insulin required in the treatment of a Bethnal Green
patient at the University College Hospital. This
was continued throughout the year and the patient
has shown some improvement under treatment.