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32 Report of the Medical Offiecr of Health for 1930.
29 of the cases recovered without any impairment of vision,
one case died of Congenital Syphilis and another from Atelectasis.
Measles.
The current year is the biennial year for Measles, and the
epidemic began in December, 1929.
The number of cases of Measles brought to my notice
during the year October 1st, 1929, to September 30th, 1930, was
4,046. The majority of these cases were reported by teachers
at the elementary schools, and in arriving at this figure G5 cases,
which proved after investigation not to be suffering from Measles,
are excluded.
46 of the cases died during the epidemic year, and 47 during
the calendar year.
23 cases of German Measles were also reported.
Table XVII. shows the number of cases of Measles and
the deaths from the disease for the last eight years. The
upper portion of the Table, which gives the figures for each
year commencing the 1st October, shows clearly the biennial
increase which occurs in the incidence and mortality. The
figures for each calendar year are also given for purposes of
comparison.
167 cases were removed to hospital, compared with 236
in the epidemic year of 1928.