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"or suffer from ill-health for years as a result of the after-effects of the disease,
mainly because the disease is neglected in the early stages. The child should
"on no account be exposed to chill or draughts, or allowed to run about until
"the doctor or nurse gives consent.
"Immediately measles occurs in your family you should inform the Head
Teacher of the school attended by your children, or the Health Visitor at the
"Infant Welfare Centre, or send word to the Medical Officer of Health at the
"Town Hall.
"A child showing signs of sickening or suffering from measles must not
"attend Sunday School, Cinemas, Public Baths, or any place of entertainment,
"nor mix with other children.
"Arrangements for the removal of a measles patient to hospital or for
"nursing assistance in the home may be made in special cases when the need
"for this is known to the Medical Officer of Health. The sooner you send word
"of the existence of measles in the home the sooner will the Medical Officer
"of Health know, and the sooner will help be forthcoming. Do not wait until
"bronchitis or pneumonia develop—it may then be too late."
WHOOPING COUGH.
There were 5 deaths from whooping cough during the year.
Two of the deaths occurred at under one year of age, two between one and two,
and one between two and five.
The death rate from this disease was 0.05 per 1,000 inhabitants. The deaths
in London as a whole numbered 396, the death rate being 0.09. The number of

INFLUENZA.
The number of deaths attributed to influenza was 16, this being considerably
below the average for recent years. As will be seen from the table on page 8 the
deaths occurred for the most part at the extremes of life.