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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ilford 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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134
GERMAN MEASLES.
As will be seen from the table, 138 cases of German
Measles have been reported from the schools during 1911,
compared with 5 in 1910. In the ordinary way this disease
is not of much importance, as anything but a favourable
termination is practically unknown. Usually there is no
difficulty connected with the diagnosis, at other times it
becomes a very nice question as to whether a particular case
is one of German Measles or Scarlet Fever. It is essentially
a disease of school life, and is more prevalent in the spring
and early summer than any other part of the year.