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where the diagnosis was confirmed. Subsequently it was ascertained that the
patient had completely recovered and the mother stated that the lad was in better
health than before he was taken ill.
GLANDERS, ANTHRAX AND HYDROPHOBIA.
No cases were certified in Shoreditch and there were but five cases of anthrax
notified in the Metropolis during the year.
PNEUMONIA, MALARIA AND DYSENTERY.
In accordance with the Regulations of 1919 some 257 cases of acute primary
pneumonia and 32 of influenzal pneumonia were certified during the year.
Of the cases of pneumonia investigated 204 were treated in St. Leonard's
Hospital, 3 in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and 7 in other institutions. Some 42 were
nursed at home by relatives, 14 of them with the help of the District Nursing Association.
Some 29 other cases of pneumonia (not notified) also received the nursing
assistance of the Association. Altogether 669 visits were made by the nurses of the
District Association in connection with pneumonia cases. Evidence of infection was
obtained in 35 of the cases investigated. In 108 instances the dwellings occupied
were satisfactory as regards air space, light and ventilation; in 54 they were fairly
so, and in 94 they were unsatisfactory.
There were no cases of malaria, dysentery or trench fever certified.
VENEREAL DISEASES.
During the year three lectures were delivered at the Shoreditch Town Hall,
by Mr. E. B. Turner, F.R.C.S., under the auspices of the Health Committee, in cooperation
with the propaganda Committee of the Shoreditch Public Welfare Association,
which is affiliated with the British Social Hygiene Council. The films exhibited
at the lectures were "Damaged Goods" on January 6th, "The End of the Road"
on April 14th and "Whatsoever a Man Soweth" on October 8th. The average
attendance was about 1,200 and the lectures were highly appreciated.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SCHOOLS.
The numbers of children suffering from infectious diseases or resident in houses
in which infectious diseases existed, concerning whom intimations of exclusion from
school were received, in accordance with the requirements of the School Management
Code of the London County Council, were as follows: diphtheria 567, scarlet fever
564, measles 813, chicken pox 663, whooping cough 119, mumps 202 and 235 of
other infectious diseases. The exclusions altogether numbered 3,163 and related to
34 schools.
The scheme for the more effective control of measles in public Elementary Schools,
referred to in previous reports, was discontinued early in the year owing to the decrease