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The Health Visitors visited the same day in 24 instances, and as a
result thereof the East London Nursing Society's nurse started the treatment
on the same day with eight of the patients, and the day after the
Health Visitor's visit in two cases.
Where the notifications were received from the various Infirmaries and
Hospitals, the Health Visitors did not visit the houses until the day after the
date of the receipt of the notification.
Five of the babies were treated at home, and as the disease was slight,
no trained nursing was required.
The eyes of seven of the babies received daily treatment in the outpatient
departments of either the London Hospital or Moorfields Eye Hospital,
supplemented by more frequent applications to the eyes by nurses arranged
by the Public Health Department from the East London Nursing Society.
Three received treatment from the nurses only.

Summer Diarrhoea.
The number of deaths was 180, or 91 more than in the previous year.
60 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 1.14 per 1,000.
26 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of .64 per 1,000.
70 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of .67 per 1,000.
24 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of .44 per
1,000.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was .72 per 1,000; nearly 80 per
cent. of the deaths from Diarrhoea were those of infants under one year of
age.
Measles.
Measles is not now a notifiable disease.
The number of deaths was very low compared with previous years,
and was 7 less than in the previous year.