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5 cases. On December 12th this disease was, by order of the
Council, struck off the list of notifiable diseases. Appended
will be found my report to the Council upon this disease.
whooping cough.
One hundred and seventy cases were notified: Central
Hendon 103; West Hendon 10; Burnt Oak 1; Child's Hill 19;
Cricklewood 14; Temple Fortune 6; and Infirmary 22. This
disease was, by order of the Council, also struck off the list of
notifiable diseases. In the appended report my remarks upon
this subject are to be found.
Copy of Report on Measles and Whooping Cough sent tothe
Local Government Board.
Urban District Council Offices,
Hendon, N.W.,
October 13 th, 1896.
Sir,
Having received from the Clerk to the Hendon Urban District
Council a copy of your letter dated 30th September, 1896,
with reference to withdrawal of Measles and Whooping Cough
from the list of notifiable diseases in this district, I now present
you a full report upon these diseases and the way it has been
attempted to cope with them, and as to the advisability of continuing
or abandoning them.
On receiving notice of a case of Measles the following
action is taken. The Sanitary Inspector or myself visits
the house as soon as possible, and make enquiries as
to the number of children in the house, and the schools which
they attend (in many cases the children of the same family attend
different schools). The sanitary arrangements of the house are
also investigated. A formal certificate is then forwarded at onceto
the School Authorities in the following form