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notified arc visited by the Tuberculosis Nurse, but arrangements
will be made which will demand the services of several workers
when the disease again becomes epidemic.
During the year 1915 about 700 notifications were received
from schools with respect to Measles among scholars residing in
Stoke Newington. It will be interesting to see to what extent
this rate of school notification is increased when the next epidemic
of this disease (due next year) occurs.

* Calculated from deaths occurring under two years of age.
Early in the summer of 1915 the following statement was
distributed, in the form of a handbill, by the Dust Inspector and
the Dustmen:—
"The Sanitary Authority desires to draw the attention of the
residents of Stoke Newington to the importance of making satisfactory
arrangements with reference to the domestic refuse matter,
more especially during the Summer months. In the interests of
the Public Health it is necessary that domestic refuse (in the
intervals of the weekly collection) shall be in dustbins which are
in sound condition and provided with close fitting covers, in order
to prevent dust and bad odours escaping and flies gaining access
to the contents. As vegetable refuse breeds flics and is mainlyresponsible
for bad odours, it is wise to burn as much as possible
of it at the back of the kitchen grate (where coal fires are used);