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ADMINISTRATIVE WORK. 75
present greater difficulties, as they cannot be stoved, and are rarely worth re-making—a
somewhat expensive process.
A very considerable number of the children reported during the year were sent by the
School Authority to the Marylebone Cleansing Station. The provision of a similar station in
this Borough will be a great benefit, and will do much to get rid of verminous conditions, as all
members of the children's families will be able to go to a local station. Where, as last year,
special arrangements are made by the Education Authority, only school children are dealt with.
Usually, if the school children are dirty and/or verminous, other members of the family will be
found in the like condition.
Internotification.—Information with reference to cases of infectious disease is constantly
being exchanged between the Departments of this and adjacent Boroughs, principally with
reference to non-resident school attcnders. The "inward" exchanges as regards this Borough
related to 010 cases last year, as compared with 384 in 1911 and 180 in 1910. The increase in
the number of cases is sufficient proof of the utility of the system. An analysis of the cases
thus reported during the last two years follows here.
Disease.
Scarlet Fever
Diphtheria
Enteric Fever
Measles
Whooping Cough
Chickenpox
Other Sickness
Vermin
Kensington.
45 (15)
15 (14)
(-)
26 (19)
8 (5)
8 (7)
23 (34)
(-)
125 (94)
wli.t.esdkn.
61 (20)
46 (29)
(-)
148 (91)
15 (32)
45 (22)
145 (67)
3 (7)
463 (268)
Hampstead.
3 (1)
1(2)
(-)
(-)
(-)
(-)
(-)
4(3)
Marylebone.
9 (16)
5(-)
(-)
l(-)
l(-)
2 (3)
(-)
18 (19)
The figures in parentheses are the numbers for 1911.
With a view to reducing the amount of clerical work the "outward" exchanges to Willesdcn
have been made by using "inquiry cards" supplied by the Medical Officer of Health of that
District.* No records were kept of the exchanges forwarded to that District, while to the other
Districts mentioned above 267 exchanges were forwarded.
Bacteriological Wokk.—The specimens received last year numbered 656, and were more
than double the number dealt with in 1911 (316). In 1909, 177 specimens were received, and
in 1910, 200. The great increase in the number received last year was due to the large number
of diphtheria swabs (530, as compared with 210 in 1911) and of specimens of sputum (112 ; 51 in
1911). Full particulars of the specimens received will be found below.