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(so called 'consumptive bowels'), anaemia, bronchitis, functional,
mental and nervous disorders, mental deficiency, rheumatism, skin
diseases, coelic diseases and convalescence from various illnesses."
The general work of the Society summarised was as follows:—
Attendance on Consultation Days 6,942
New Cases, (in addition) 572
Average Weekly Attendance on Consultation days 144
(There was no consultation day in Christmas week.)
Attendance of old cases between consultation days 1,686
Attendance at Actino-Therapeutic Department 898
Cases seeking advice from Matron between days at
Centre 221
Total attendances at Centre 10,305
Homes Visited 2,487
Children seen 3,102
Puerperal Fever.—Four cases were notified and one death was
recorded under this heading. The woman was attended by a doctor
and the labour was apparently normal.

Measles and Whooping Cough.—There were six deaths registered
from Measles and 26 from Whooping Cough. In 1924, there
were 11 and 17; in 1923, 1 and 3; in 1922, 40 and 39; in 1921,
3 and 8; in 1920, 5 and 10, the previous year of greatest mortality
being 1915, when 54 deaths occurred from Measles and 31 from
Whooping Cough, following a series of years of small mortality.
As neither disease is notifiable, the incidence is known only through
the notifications received from the Head Teachers in accordance
with the "Regulations as to Infectious Diseases in Schools." In
this way the following were notified during the year:—
Measles 1,177 Whooping Cough 421
All primary cases were visited by the School Nurses who gave
appropriate advice and left printed instructions as to isolation,
general treatment and nursing.