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ACUTE PRIMARY PNEUMONIA.
ACUTE INFLUENZAL PNEUMONIA.
The number of cases notified during the year was as follows
Acute primary pneumonia 248
Influenzal pneumonia 22
Of the 270 cases thus brought to the notice of the Department it was found that
171 were receiving treatment in various institutions, as follows :—148 in St. Leonard's
Hospital, 7 in St. Bartholomew's Hospital and 16 in other institutions. Of the cases
treated at home, 19 were visited by the Nurses of the Shoreditch and Bethnal Green
District Nursing Association, acting under the direction of the doctor in charge of
the case.
The sanitary condition of the homes visited as a result of these notifications
was found as regards air space, light and ventilation, to be as follows :—Satisfactory
105, fairly satisfactory 60, unsatisfactory 75.
In addition to the cases of pneumonia notified, as above, 39 cases of pneumonia
not of notifiable.type were visited by the District Nursing Association. Altogether
the Association paid 810 visits in connection with 58 cases of pneumonia.
MALARIA.
Only one case was certified during the year, the patient being an ex-service man
who contracted the disease abroad.
MEASLES.
This is not a notifiable disease. It is, however, one of the most serious diseases
' f childhood.
The deaths numbered 59 and occurred in the following age groups :—
Under 1 year 9
One to 2 years 28
Two to 5 years 19
Five to 10 years 3
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During the year under consideration measles was unusually prevalent and was
responsible for more deaths than have been caused by this disease in any year since
1922.
Measles was responsible for 19 per cent. of all deaths of children under 10 years
of age and for 20 per cent. of all deaths of children under 5 years.
As will be seen from the following table, measles is a disease which tends to
become widespread every few years, the probable explanation being that after a