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Measles.
An official notice dated 27th November, 1919,
was issued to the effect that " The Regulations of
1915, shall, as from 31st December, 1919, be
rescinded." So Measles and German Measles are
no longer notifiable.
Chicken-pox notification is permissive on
application by the Local Authority to the Ministry
of Health—for a specified period when a Smallpox
outbreak has occurred in a district or in a
neighbouring authority where danger of spreading
may be apprehended.
Small-pox.—No case of Small-pox was notified
during these last four years. Many contacts
of these and other infectious diseases from shipboard
were notified to the Department from the
various ports of the kingdom. These were all
visited and kept under observation until the close
of the respective incubation period was reached.
All necessary instructions were given as to the
immediate reporting of malaise and with respect
to removals from the district. There having been
no case of small-pox during the year no vaccinations
or re-vaccinations were done by me as Medical
Officer of Health under the provisions of the
(Small-pox Prevention) Regulations, 1917.
Influenza.—There was a serious outbreak of
Influenza towards the end of 1918, the last three
months of that year, with a few cases during the
first three months of 1919. This outbreak broke
out almost suddenly throughout the country and