Lewisham is Seeing Spots

In the fall, Hackney had a measles problem. Now, the spots have spread to Lewisham, with 19 cases in January -- a third of the 67 cases reported in south-east London.

The Health Protection Agency are warning that we'll be seeing even more sick spotty kiddies in the coming months if more tots aren't vaccinated, so they're making a new push to inform parents. In Lewisham, MMR vaccine uptake is currently 64.3%, while the experts say 95% of children need to be immunised to stop the disease's spread.

Though Hackney and the east had a nifty immunisation bus to help spread the cause and the shots, the HPA plan on reaching Lewisham families by contacting parents, schools, nurseries and GPs.

Image courtesy of Martin Deutsch's Flickrstream.