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1,710 cases of Measles were notified compared with 1,590
in 1916. Of these 713 were under five vears of age, 791 between
five and fifteen, and 206 over fifteen. The largest number of
notifications was in Eltham, viz., 613.
In addition, 868 cases of Genii an Measles were notified.
The cost of notification was £86. 19. 0.
The case mortality was 1.8. In Woolwich Parish it
was 3.3, in Plumstead 1.5 and in Eltham, 1.1.
The Health Visitors visited all notified cases, gave
advice as to isolation, cleanliness, ventilation, etc., and,
where it seemed desirable, and the friends approved, the District
nurse was requested to attend.
Fewer cases - 139 compared with 236 - were nursed in
1917 than in 1916. This is partly because North Woolwich was
but slightly affected last year and in North Woolwich the nurses
visit every case notified. Of the 139 cases visited by the
District Nurses, 53 were in Woolwich (13 in North Woolwich), 28
in Plumstead and 58 in Eltham. These visits were paid by the
Borough Council, according to the arrangements made in 1916, at
a cost of £51. 19. 6.
It is satisfactory- to note that although the number of
cases was probably much above the average, the deaths were below
the average of the previous ten years.
WHOOPING COUGH.
29. There were 10 deaths from whooping cough. The deathrate
was 0.07 compared with 0.19, 0.03, and 0.25 in the three
preceding years, and 0.13 in the County of London. Six of the
deaths were under two years of age.