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disease was brought into Barnes by children residing in Lilian
Road, or thereabouts, who were attending Board Schools in
Hammersmith. It is to be hoped that the extended school accommodation
proposed by the Barnes School Board will in future
obviate this source of infection. During the spring many cases
of measles and mumps occurred, and it was a frequent sight to
see children playing in the streets with the obvious signs of these
complaints present.
It is forgotten, or ignored, that Measles is both indirectly
and directly a more frequent cause of death than Scarlet Fever, if
not than Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria together.
The number of cases of Typhoid Fever that have been
notified is greater than last year. In most instances, if not in all,
the infection was contracted, so far as I know, outside the district,
and it is gratifying that no secondary cases occurred.
In more than one instance the infection was probably from
soldiers returned from South Africa, and it is not perhaps generally
realized that owing to rapid means of transit a person may
be discharged convalescent from hospital abroad and yet reach
England in an infective condition.
One case of true Dysentery occurred in Barnes during the
year. The patient had come from Aldershot, in which place I
was subsequently made aware many similar cases were under
observation.