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infection from Croydon. The increase in this type of infection in the
Country generally may have been due to a rising virulence in this type of
intestinal organism which is much more ubiquitous than people imagine,
but in ordinary circumstances is adequately dealt with by the resisting
power of the human species.
Measles.— The following table show3 the number of cases notified
by head teachers of schools, hospitals and private practitioners during
the last five years :—
Table XXXI.— Measles—Cases Notified.
1933. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1937.
255 807 195 590 136
The death-rate for England and Wales per 1,000 population was
0-02. Sixty cases were removed to hospital, 25 being between the ages
of 1 and 5. No death occurred.
German Measles.— Fifty-one cases were notified.
Influenza.— The deaths certified from this cause during the last
five years are as follows
Table XXXII.— Deaths from Influenza
1933.
1934.
1935.
1936.
1937.
Males
37
12
5
7
15
Females
29
6
10
7
17
66
18
15
14
32
The death-rate in 1937 for Westminster was 0.25 per 1,000; for
London 0.38, and for England and Wales 0.45. Last year the corresponding
rates were 0.11 for Westminster, 0.14 for London, and
0.14 for England and Wales.
Influenza by itself is not notifiable under existing regulations but
only when complicated by pneumonia, therefore no reasonable deductions
can be made by comparing the notification rate of influenzal
pneumonia with the death-rate from influenza.
Diarrhoea and Enteritis.— The total deaths were 16—10 males and
6 females—13 being under 1 year. The infant death-rate from this
cause in Westminster was 12.7.