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Measles 423
German Measles 5
Whooping Cough 30
Mumps 50
Chicken Pox 57
During the early part of the year measles was very prevalent
and accordingly the attendance in the Infant Departments
suffered severely. Repeated visits were paid to the Infants'
Schools with the view to excluding children with suspicious
prodromal symptoms. In many of the cases the early symptoms
appeared to be extremely indefinite. A number of the children
who were sickening simply appeared to be a little listless and
apathetic. This rendered it much more difficult to check the
spread of the disease in the schools. After a slight recrudescence
of the epidemic in May the number of new cases rapidly
fell and by June the schools were practically free. Some of the
cases were of considerable severity.

No cases of smallpox occurred amongst school children in
Wimbledon during the year. One school child was a contact
of a case of smallpox, and she was kept under observation daily
until the period of quarantine had expired.
7. FOLLOWING UP.
The procedure of following up defects discovered during the
routine medical inspection in 1030 was as follows:—
Parents were informed of the defects detected in their children
during the medical inspection in the schools. Where the
defect was of a minor nature they were informed verbally. In the
case of more important defects the parents received a printed
notice advising them of the nature of trouble and of the need
for obtaining treatment. A re-examination card was made out
for each such child. As soon as convenient, after the inspection
of the school had finished, the nurse returned to the school with
all the re-examination cards. The nurse then ascertained in each
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