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54
MEASLES.
The teachers of the Council Schools send weeklyreturns
of children absent because of infectious diseases.
These returns showed that 741 children suffered from
Measles during the year.
There was no actual epidemic prevalence during the
year, but the epidemic that caused certain of the Infants'
Departments to be closed during the extended Christmas
holiday of 1912 had not entirely declined when the schools
re-opened at the beginning of 1913.
Although the number of notified cases fell short of the
number notified in 1912, by 33, the mortality was higher by
10. The actual numbers were :—
Cases notified in 1912 774
1913 741
Deaths during 1912 22
1913 32
The death rate from Measles per 1,000 of the population
for 1913 was 0.219.
The heaviest mortality was in the second year of life,
when 14 died.
The notifications give us timely notice of the
occurrence of particular cases of Measles, and a school nurse
visits the homes of the patients at once to recommend that
medical assistance should be sought.