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Midwives Acts, 1902 and 1918.
In connection with these Acts we received information from the Medical
Officer of Health of the London County Council, of slight inflammation in the eyes
of three other infants, all of whom made complete recovery.
Whooping Cough.
Visits were paid to 65 persons suffering from whooping cough. Of these,
60 were notified by doctors; in 5 others the information was derived from the
schools.
Age.
Fourteen were children under 1 year, 41 were 1 to 5 years, 10 were 5 to
16 years.
Removal.
Twenty-three children were removed to hospitals of the L.C.C.
Deaths.
One Child died, aged 2 months.
Measles.
During 1937 I received information of 182 cases of measles. Of these 70 were
notified by school teachers and 47 by medical practitioners; information of 33 was
given by L.C.C. hospital authorities, 28 by health visitors, 4 by parents.
Age.
Six were under 1 year, 84 were between 1 and 5 years, 81 were between
5 and 16 years, and 11 were over 16.
Removals.
Sixty-six patients were removed to L.C.C. Infectious Diseases Hospitals,
1 to the London Fever Hospital.
Deaths.
Two children died, aged respectively 11 months and 4 years.