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The measles epidemic commenced in some parts of London in November, 1935,
but did not occur in Shoreditch in epidemic proportions until January, 1936.
In order to ensure the visiting of every possible case or suspect, a letter was sent
to the medical practitioners resident in the borough and neighbouring districts asking
for their co-operation. This resulted in many secondary cases coming to the knowledge
of the department. Measles advice leaflets were distributed to schools in the borough
and in the Council's welfare centres and posters were also exhibited throughout the
borough.
Provisional information is now available for the whole period of the epidemic,
viz., from the beginning of January until the end of August, 1936. It will be noticed
that the number of actual cases is naturally greatly in excess of the number of
notifications.