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MEASLES.
hospitals, and one received treatment as an out-patient at the Children's Hospital, Paddington
Green. Brief histories of the cases are given below.
A. H., f., æt. 2 yrs., sickened ? i.14, admitted M.A.B. 6.iii.l4, discharged 15.iv.14. Some atrophy
of the muscle of right leg at time of discharge.
M. H., f., æt. 3 yrs., sickened 11.v.14, attended Out-patients' Dept. C.H.P.Gn. from 19.v.14 to
7.vii.l4. Some wasting present, but improvement in power of movement of the right leg.
F. F., m., æt. 3 yrs., sickened 19.ix.14, admitted M.A.B. 24.ix.14, died 30.ix.14.
ANIMAL DISEASES.
No cases of anthrax, glanders, or hydrophobia in man were reported during the year.
Three outbreaks of glanders among horses stabled in the Borough were reported, but no illness
was traced among the stable hands.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Fifty-one cases were notified during the year, as compared with 22 in 1913 and 31 in 1912.
Two of the notifications were forwarded by midwives, in pursuance of the provisions of the
Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations, 1914, the remaining 49 coming from
medical practitioners. The morbidity rates recorded in the individual Wards of the Borough
are given below. It should be stated, however, that owing to the Workhouse Lying-in Wards
being situated in Westbourne Ward, the rates for that Ward cannot be strictly compared with
those of the other Wards.

The cases reported from the Workhouse numbered 9, as compared with 3 in 1913 and 5 in
1912. In 25 cases out of the 51 it was reported that the births of the infants had been attended
by midwives. Five swabs were received for bacteriological examination (to determine the
presence or absence of the gonococcus), one of which proved " positive."
In 23 instances assistance was given by the District Nurses in the treatment of the eyes.
Two other cases of slight inflammation of the eyes were brought to the notice of the
Department by the London County Council's Inspector.
Three of the notified infants died during the year. Injury to the eyes is reported to have
resulted in 2 out of the remaining 47 cases, viz., loss of sight of right eye in one instance and
small opacities in both eyes in the other.
A full description of the routine established for watching over the disease will be found in
Appendix B to the report for 1911.
MEASLES.
The compulsory notification of measles came into operation in the Borough on March 16th,
1914, by virtue of an Order made by the Council extending to this disease, for a period of six
months, the provisions of Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. This was
followed by a further Order in which no limit of time was specified. Both Orders received the
approval of the Local Government Board.
The number of cases reported during the year was 393 (169 in males and 224 in females),
313 of which were notified by medical practitioners. In addition to these, 31 cases of "German