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Removal.
Seventy-nine children were removed to hospital, approximately 59 per cent.
So far this is the highest percentage of removals for tlr's Borough. All these were
admitted to hospitals of the M.A.B.
The continued advice to parents to look upon a child suffering from whooping
cough as a serious menace to others has drawn their attention to the fact that this
disease is one which should be viewed with more concern than it is at present.
Parents frequently express the view that there is need to educate public opinion
as to the dangers of leaving children exposed to the risk of infection from whooping
cough as is so often the case at present.
Measles.
The notification of measles was discontinued at the end of 1919 but during
1928 I received information of 436 cases of measles. Of these, 203 were notified by
school teachers, and 100 by medical practitioners; information of 21 was given by
hospital authorities, 89 by the Health Visitor, 21 by parents, and in 2 cases the
first information was from the death returns.
Age. Seventeen were under 1 year, 244 were between 1 and 5 yenrs, 163 were
between 5 and 16 years, and 12 were over 16.
Contacts. One hundred and twenty-eight had no contacts; 308 had contacts.
The number of contacts was 1,029 of whom 406 were susceptible, 623 having
already suffered from an attack.
No. of cases 93 66 45 34 24 13 5 10 5 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 2
and
No. of contacts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ; 12 ! 13 14 15 16 17
No. of cases 108 53 27 15 3 2 1 1 1
and
No. of susceptible 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
contacts
Spread in Family. The 436 cases occurred in 395 families. In 361 families 1
case occurred, in 29 families 2 cases occurred, in 3 families 3 cases, and in 2 families
4 cases occurred.
Removals. One hundred and thirty-two patients (30-3 per ccnt.) were removed
to a M.A.B. Hospital.
Home Nursing. Fifteen cases of measles were nursed by the Metropolitan
Nursing Association under the arrangements made by the Council.
Measles Control in Schools.
The special arrangements of the London County Council for securing
through the school organisation earlier information of measles was continued,
the scheme being applied during the year to 11 schools in the Borough,