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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of the 30 cases three died from other causes, but in each of
them the eye condition was improving at the date of death.
31 of the cases recovered without any impairment of vision.
15 of the cases were attended at birth by doctors, 21 by midwives,
and four of the infants were born in maternity homes.
Measles and German Measles.
11 deaths occurred from Measles, compared with 72 in 1922,
and the death-rate per 1,000 of population was .03, compared with
.21 in 1922, .012 in 1921, .17 in 1920, and .05 in 1919.
663 cases of Measles were reported during the year, compared
with 1,842 cases in 1922. Of the 663 cases, 425 were under the
age of five years, and 660 of them were under the age of 15 years,
23 of the cases were removed to the Metropolitan Asylums
Board's Hospitals because the conditions in the homes were not
suitable for treating them.
555 of the 663 cases were reported by the Divisional Officers
of the Educational Department or by the teachers of elementary
schools, and 35 cases were notified by doctors, though the disease is
no longer notifiable.
The number of cases reported is less than the number that
occurred, as no reports are received as a rule from private schools
in the Borough. Further, all children do not attend school, and
cases occurring in vacations may not come to the knowledge of the
school authorities.
38 cases of German Measles were also reported.
697 visits were made by the Sanitary Inspectors and Health
Visitors to houses where cases of Measles occurred, and 224 premises
were disinfected.
Table XVI. shows the number of cases of infectious diseases
which occurred in the individual elementary schools during the year.