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I am glad to be able to report a considerable drop in the
number of cases notified for the past year. The wave of
incidence seems to have reached its highest point in 1907,
and now seems to be on the decline. The absence of any
deaths from this disease is also a satisfactory feature.
The month of least incidence was April, when 12 cases
were notified, and the highest in January, when 45 notifications
were received. The prevalence of this disease seems to
follow the aggregation of children. In January, when the
schools are closed part of the month, one would expect to
find a diminution of the number of cases notified, but this is
more than balanced by the Christmas festivities, and the
close contact of numerous children in ill-ventilated rooms.
April and August are the two months affected by the holidays,
and both these are months of lowest prevalence.
Eighteen cases occurred at the Village Homes, Barkingside,
and Dr. Milne was good enough to ask me to see some
of the patients treated by him according to his method—
inunction of eucalyptus oil, etc. I must say one case was
very striking. On my visit Dr. Milne took me to the ground