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particularly in schools. The present state of the law
does not give any power to control this state of things at
all, and, as we have recently reported, we think that the
inclusion of measles in the Notification of Diseases Act
would do good by enabling us to control school attendance,
and especially by educating the public to understand its
gravity. Undoubtedly the visits of the Inspectors and
the control exercised by our departments have done very
much to teach the public its responsibility in the case of
scarlet fever, and the same result would follow in that of
measles.

Influenza.
The epidemic of Influenza that occurred in
London in the early part of the year gravely affected
the mortality. The 21 deaths directly attributed to it
probably represent a small part only of its disastrous
influence, for its very common result was lung disease,
especially pneumonia. Accordingly we find an increase