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474 cases of Measles were reported during the year, compared
with 3,418 in 1924 and 663 in 1923. 115 of the cases were
under the age of five years, and 467 of them were under the age
of 15 years.
21 of the cases were removed to the Metropolitan Asylums
Board's Hospitals because the conditions in the homes were not
suitable for treating them there.
321 of the 474 cases were reported by the Divisional Officers
of the Educational Department or by the teachers of elementary
schools, and 51 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 daring vacations may not come to the knowledge
of the school authorities.
295 cases of German Measles were also reported.
723 visits were made by the Sanitary Inspectors and Health
Visitors to houses where cases of Measles occurred, and 143
premises were disinfected.
Table XVI. shows the number of cases of infectious diseases
which occurred in the individual elementary schools during the
year.
26 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.