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The bulk of the cases thus dealt with has been upon information
received at the hands of School Board Teachers; by notification,
as provided for by the regulations of the School Board for London,
and the remainder from various sources, i.e., through medical
practitioners, parents, landlords, lodgers, neighbours, police, and
in fatal cases by the Registrar's Returns, these latter in some instances
being the first intimation received of the existence of the disease
upon the premises.
The details in the Register cover a variety of information, viz.,
date, name, address, source of notification, number of rooms disinfected,
details as to articles disinfected, etc., and remarks.
As soon as the "Order" came into operation the premises named
in the notices, which had been received two weeks previously from
the School Board teachers, where Measles was supposed
to exist, were visited and enquiries made. In 218 instances the
cases were stated to have recovered. At the end of the year there
were 888 entries in the Register, representing the number of
premises where Measles had been stated to have occurred. These
entries date from 16th March. Upon enquiry 218 cases
were found to have recovered, 72 were found not to be cases, 28 were
stated to be suffering from a different disease other than the one
notified, 58 wrong addresses and unknown were given, 19 belonged
to other Boroughs, 3 died in March, 10 moved away before enquiries
could be made, 1 developed the disease in an institution,
3 were duplicate notices, 1 case was Scarlet Fever, and 1 was
Enteric Fever.
One case of Measles occurred in connection with a milk shop.
Two hundred and fifty-one premises were disinfected by the
Public Health Department, and 186 were disinfected by the
Tenants, and in the bulk of these 186 cases, Medical Practitioners
gave certificates that disinfection had been carried out satisfactory.
Respecting the articles disinfected by the Council, see page 49.