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Distribution of Leaflets throughout the Borough.
The Public Health and Housing Committee on the 19th November,
considered the question of the prevalence of Measles in the Borough, and
the high mortality arising therefrom. Measles not being a compulsory
notifiable infectious disease, information is generally received only in
respect of cases occurring in connection with public Elementary Schools,
in 32 of which, unprotected children had been recently excluded for
periods of a fortnight owing to the occurrence of cases of measles. During
six weeks, there had been 33 deaths from measles in the Borough and
339 premises infected with measles were reported. The Committee
were of opinion the seriousness of measles is not generally recognised,
and that if proper precautions were taken, the spread of the disease,
and its fatal effects, might largely be prevented.
The Committee considered it desirable the leaflet, which is always
left (with other papers) at any house where a case of measles is discovered,
should be circulated throughout the borough and recommended the Council
that the leaflet on Measles above referred to, be printed and distributed
from house to house throughout the borough.
Order of Local Government Board—Admission of (Non-pauper
and Pauper) cases into Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums
Board.
One hundred and forty-two cases were removed to the hospitals
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board—45 Poplar, 70 Bromley, and 27
Bow.
Milkshops.
Three cases of measles occurred in connection with milkshops—
one Poplar and two Bow.
Disinfection and Outworkers.
Four hundred and two rooms (383 houses) were disinfected by the
Public Health Department (see page 91), and the remainder were disinfected
by the tenants, medical practitioners giving certificates that
disinfection had been satisfactorily carried out.
Respecting outworkers and the articles disinfected by the Council
see pages 82 and 91.