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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 —
Whooping Cough 1
Summer Diarrhoea 9
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.—In the past I have advocated the setting up of a rheumatic
clinic, and the possibility of a form of in-patient treatment for this condition.
This I still hope will come to pass, because rheumatic fever, as I have stated
previously, is more prevalent in Barking than it is in other parts of the Country,
and this is true for all parts of the Thames Valley.