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3. NON-NOTIFIABLE ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
(a) Measles, etc.—The most important of these are measles, whooping cough
and summer diarrhoea. Deaths registered were as follows :—
Measles 14
Whooping Cough 7
Summer Diarrhœa 8
Chicken-pox —
There have been no new decisions as to the admission of such diseases as
measles to the Barking Hospital, but it is to be noted that with the extensions to
the Hospital during the past few years, it has been more possible to deal with
these cases than heretofore.
(b) Rheumatic Fever.—Rheumatic fever in Barking is more prevalent than
it is in other parts of the Country, but then this is true for all parts of the Thames
Valley. It is one of the problems which I hope will in time be attacked more
strenuously than it is today. It is possible to set up special rheumatic clinics,
and a rheumatic clinic if set up is of greatest usefulness if it works in association
with a hospital which provides special beds for these patients. Our work in scarlet
fever is entirely linked up with research in rheumatism, and I hope the time will
come when we shall have a special pavilion at the Barking Hospital for cases of
rheumatic fever.