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Infective Diseases. 23
The 36 cases recovered without any impairment of vision.
Eight of the cases were attended at birth by doctors, 23 by
midwives, and five of the infants were born in maternity homes.
Measles and German Measles.
51 deaths occurred from Measles, compared with one in 1925,
71 in 1924, 11 in 1923, 72 in 1922, and four in 1921. The death.
rate per 1,000 of population was .14, compared with .002 in 1925,
•2 in 1924, .03 in 1923, .21 in 1922, .012 in 1921, and .17 in 1920.
4,028 cases of Measles were reported during the year, compared
with 474 in 1925, 3,418 in 1924, 663 in 1923, 1,842 in 1922
and 450 in 1921. 1,200 of the cases were under the age of five
years, and 4,000 of them were under the age of 15 years.
113 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.
3,325 of the 4,028 cases were reported by the Divisional
Officers of the Education Department or by the teachers of
elementary schools, and 113 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 during vacations may not come to the knowledge
of the school authorities.
76 cases of German Measles were also reported.
4,198 visits were made by the Sanitary Inspectors and Health
Visitors to houses where cases of Measles occurred, and 1,408
premises were disinfected.
Table XIV. shows the number of cases of infective diseases
which occurred in the individual elementary schools during the
year.