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children attending the Princess Christian Day Nursery and
one was a nurse at that same institution.
Latymer Road Day Nursery.—A single case of measles
arose in this day nursery on 20th May and was sent home
at once. The eight children were immunised the same
day; seven of them did not develop the disease; the eighth
case was in contact with measles in his own home, and
although he contracted the disease, he had, in the doctor's
words, a " very mild attack."
Four parents refused inoculation for their children, and
it is significant to note every one of those children developed
measles.
Princess Christian Day Nursery.—Cases of measles
had arisen in this Day Nursery on the 15th, 29th and
30th April and the 1st May. Convalescent serum was
given to seven cases on the 1st May; the six children had
doses proportionate to their ages, and the nurse one which
was calculated to attenuate the attack.
The nurse did not develop measles, three of the children
were completely protected, two contracted measles the day
after immunisation and one child developed an ''extremely
mild" attack of the disease ten days later.
A second batch of seven children was immunised on the
21st May on account of the widespread nature of measles
in the neighbourhood. A single child was immunised on
the 29th May. All these children escaped the disease.
Two parents refused inoculation for their children. Both
children developed measles.