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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
All the cases recovered without any impairment of vision.
Nine of the cases were attended at birth by doctors, 18
by midwives, and 10 of the infants were born in maternity
homes.
Measles and German Measles.
Four deaths occurred from Measles, compared with 51 in
1926, 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
.01, compared with .14 in 1926, .002 in 1925, .2 in 1924, .03
in 1923, .21 in 1922, .012 in 1921, and .17 in 1920.
172 cases of Measles were reported during the year, compared
with 4,028 in 1926, 474 in 1925, 3,418 in 1924, 663 in
1923, 1,842 in 1922 and 450 in 1921. 66 of the cases were
under the age of five years, and 169 of them were under the
age of 15 years.
26 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.
91 of the 172 cases were reported by the Divisional Officers
of the Education Department or by the teachers of elementary
schools, and 20 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.
35 cases of German Measles were also reported.
383 visits were made by the Sanitary Inspectors and Health
Visitors to houses where cases of Measles occurred, and 84
premises were disinfected.
With a view to reducing the mortality from Measles in
the Borough, I prepared a Special Report and this was presented
to the Council on the 18th October.
In this report I pointed out that the Metropolitan Asylums
Board have now decided to allot a larger number of beds in