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Of the 84 notified cases, 12 were young children under school
age, 53 were of school age (33 attending puplic elementary schools,
and 20 attending private schools), and 19 were above school age.
The incidence-rate (cases per 1,000 of the population) for Barnes
was 2.04, the rate for London being 2.09, and that for England and
Wales being 2.33.
No death occurred from this disease during the year. The
death-rate for London and for England and Wales was 0.01 per 1,000
of the population.
The preventive measures taken in previous years were continued
in 1937 (an account of these was given in my Report for 1930, page 60).
The house-incidence of the 84 cases of scarlet-fever which occurred
in the district was as follows :—
Number of houses in which 1 case occurred 54
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Total houses invaded 66
Use has not been made of the Dick test.
Measles.
This disease becomes epidemic in this district every second year.
During 1936 there were 517 cases of measles notified ; the year 1937
was a non-epidemic year and only 101 cases of measles and 9 cases of
german measles were notified.
As has been the practice in past years all the cases notified were
home-visited, a total of 161 home-visits being made by the Health
Visitors with the object of lessening as far as possible the spread of
the disease and of securing that appropriate medical attention was
obtained. Cases which were very acute, or in which serious complications
has supervened and which were likely to end fatally, and other
cases occurring in homes in which the necessary care and nursing
attention for the patients could not possibly be provided at home were
admitted to the Borough's Isolation Hospital. Six patients were
admitted for one or other of the above-mentioned reasons; all these
patients recovered.
No death occurred from the disease during 1937. The death-rate
for England and Wales was 0.02 and that for London 0.01.