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verbal advice given as the circumstances require. The
children are not allowed to return to school until all fear
of infection is over. Disinfectants are supplied from the
Council Offices.
The arrangement with the Hendon Rural District
Council for sending cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria
from this district into their Isolation Hospital at Stanmore
has again worked very satisfactorily. The cases have
been removed promptly, and patients speak well of the
treatment they receive while there. I have visited the
hospital, and found everything satisfactory. The average
time in hospital has been for Scarlet Fever 8 weeks, and
Diphtheria 6 weeks, and the cost about £20 per case.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
There has not been a case of this disease notified in
the district since 1901.
ERYSIPELAS.
The 8 cases of this disease were of no special
importance. They occurred in separate tenements, and
were of the idiopathic type. No death resulted.
MEASLES.
One death occurred from this disease.
WHOOPING COUGH.
An extensive epidemic of this very serious disease
occurred during the autumn and winter months, causing
4 deaths and much suffering amongst young children.
The danger of this complaint lays in the lung complications
which are very liable to ensue during its course, especially
to children under 3 years of age. Children require the
greatest possible care while suffering from Whooping
Cough. I believe great good would be done by making
this a disease notifiable by parent and doctor—at any
rate to the extent of the first case occurring in a household
during an epidemic. It would bring the cases to the
notice of the Health Officials, and enable them to achieve
a great deal in the way of advice, and restricting the school
attendance of suspicious cases.