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conditions existed; (b) facilities for the proper care of the patient
were unobtainable; or (c) complications, such as bronchopneumonia,
were present.
It was not found necessary to introduce a system of selection
of cases for removal beyond that exercised by the medical
practitioners, and there was no delay in securing the admission of
any case.
The number of cases of measles admitted to the London County
Council's hospitals during 1932 was 401, as compared with 154
cases removed to hospital in 1930—the year of the previous
epidemic.
Fifty deaths from measles occurred during 1932, as compared
with 35 in 1930. The mortality rate per 1,000 inhabitants in 1932
was, therefore, 0.23, as compared with 0.19 for London.
The results obtained from the proper treatment of measles is
not merely that death is escaped, but that invalidism, which may
culminate in tuberculosis, or impairment of vision or other crippling
weakness, is prevented.
Influenza.—During 1932 there were 44 deaths in the Borough.
This is a decrease of 25 as compared with the number of deaths
from this cause registered during 1931. The annual mortality-rate
from influenza is 0.20 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared with
0.28 for London.
Diarrhoea.—The total number of deaths from this cause was
29, and of these 19 were under one year of age. The number of
deaths from this disease in 1931 was 46. The annual mortalityrate
for diarrhoea and enteritis during the year is 0.13 per 1,000
inhabitants.
Whooping Cough.—The deaths from this cause during the year
numbered 13. This is an increase of 5 upon the number registered
during 1931. All of these deaths occurred in children under five
years of age. The mortality for Hackney is equal to 0.06 per 1,000
inhabitants, and that for London 0.08 per 1,000 inhabitants. The
nurses of the Hackney District Nursing Association attended 8
cases and paid 185 visits.
Information was received from the headmasters and headmistresses
of elementary schools in Hackney of 256 cases occurring
among their scholars during the year.