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Santley Street (Infants' A, F, G), Santley Street (Infants'
B, C, D, E), Kennington Road (Infants' D and E), St.
Saviour's, Salamanca (Infants' 2 and 5), St. Stephen's,
Dorset Road (Infants' 5 rooms), St. Mary-the-Less,
Prince's Road (Infants' 5 rooms), Jessop Road (Infants'
13 rooms), Kennington Road (Infants' 14 rooms), Stockwell
College (Infants' 5 rooms), Santley Street (Infants'
D), Vauxhall Street (Infants' E, F, G), Kennington Oval
(Infants' D and E), St. Saviour's, Salamanca (Infants' 2
and 4), South Lambeth Road (Private), St. Patrick's,
Cornwall Road (Infants' A, B, C, D, F), and St. Saviour's,
Salamanca (Infants' 10 rooms), were also disinfected during
1910 in connection with cases of measles.
Outbreaks of Measles at the Lambeth Infirmary.
An outbreak of measles occurred during 1910 in the
large top nursery connected with the Lambeth Infirmary
and Workhouse—the first case being noticed on August
2nd (the child having been in the nursery for a full month
previous to showing any symptoms). There were at the
time in the large nursery (top) 41 children, and, of these,
26 eventually contracted the disease, either directly or indirectly,
from the first case. The "contacts" were removed
to a special ward in the Infirmary for observation,
and to enable the top nursery to be disinfected. The
disease was, apparently, introduced from without.
Compulsory Notification of Measles.
The Council again, during 1910 (June), considered the
question of the compulsory notification of measles and
adhered to their former resolutions on the subject, viz.:—
"That the compulsory notification of measles is not
advisable at present, the expense being out of all proportion
to the benefits likely to be gained, chiefly owing
1. To want of proper hospital isolation accommodation;
2. To the infectious nature of the disease in its
early stages; and
3. To the very young ages of the patients affected."