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MEASLES.
Notification Statistics. The number of cases coming to
the knowledge of the Department during the year was 194,
as compared with 2,698 in 1922. This disease is not notifiable
and we depend upon notifications received from the
school medical service and cases discovered by Health Visitors
as an index to its prevalence.
Nursing. The Council made arrangements in 1916 for the
home nursing of Measles by the voluntary Nursing Associations.
During 1923, three cases were nursed at home at a
total cost to the Council of £1 1s. 0d. The number of visits
paid by nurses was 42, thus averaging 14 visits per case.
School Closure. No departments in Schools were closed
by the London County Council during the year.
Removal to Hospital. Cases of measles are received into
the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the
certificate of the Medical Officer of Health. During the
year, 5 cases were removed.
SCARLET FEVER.
Notification. During the year 334 cases of scarlet fever
were notified, compared with 511 in 1922 and 1,351 in 1921.
The case rate is shewn in Table No. 26. The number of
notifications received each quarter was as follows:—
First quarter, 104. Third quarter, 55.
Second quarter, 67. Fourth quarter, 108.
Return Cases. The following Table shews the number of
return cases, the dates of notification, the dates of discharge
from hospital and some observations on the condition of
the primary cases on discharge.