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children who had previously suffered from Measles were known, all the unprotected
children attending the class could be excluded from school for a certain period,
and a further increase due to a second crop of cases could be prevented.
Notification must be accompanied by removal of early cases to fever hospitals
particularly those children where there are no means of isolation at home, or where
there are other susceptible children in the infected household. By prompt removal
of the early cases, the beds at the disposal of the Metropolitan Asylums Board may
be found to be sufficient if the epidemic is not of a virulent type. These measures
should be supplemented by the more extended appointment of Health Visitors
to visit infected households, and see that the regulations for carrying out the remedies
for preventing the spread of infection are observed, by efficiently disinfecting the
premises, as well as by improved sanitary conditions generally.