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apparatus for the rapid cooling of the food, and refrigeration
at 4°C. until it is to be re-heated, must be brought into general
use. When such food is re-heated it must be brought to boiling
point before it is served.
"It is clear that, until food handlers are educated in
personal hygiene, outbreaks will continue to occur. Hot water,
soap and towels in kitchens and food preparation rooms, and
the frequent use of them by the food handlers during the course
of their work, would make a great and immediate contribution
to the solution of the problem."

There was one death due to measles.
Measles is one of the most highly infectious of all infectious
diseases. Owing to the fact that the most infectious period is during
the four days before the appearance of the rash, it is generally
agreed that there is no known means of preventing outbreaks of
measles or of limiting its spread once it has begun. All one can hope
to do is to reduce mortality and morbidity by preventing the
development of complications which kill and maim, especially among
young infants and in cases where home conditions are unsuitable.
Before the last war widespread outbreaks of measles occurred
with explosive suddenness in and around London at regular intervals
of two years, but for some reason which has never been explained
the regular biennial periodicity of the disease has been upset during
and since the war, as can be seen from the graph on page 35,
showing the incidence of cases from 1941 to 1952.
During 1952 we have experienced the most widespread measles
epidemic in and around Leyton since figures became available.