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TRENCH FEVER.
This disease became notifiable on March 1st.
No case was notified. I have no doubt, however,
that some ex-Service men in the Borough are still
suffering from the disease contracted overseas. The
effects of the disease last a long time, and are likely to
be overlooked by a medical practitioner who has not
had special military experience. The disease in the
Army was found to be communicated from man to man
through the agency of body-lice. Although families
infested with body-lice are brought to my notice from
time to time, there is no reason to suppose that Trench
Fever will spread amongst the civil community.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Nine cases were notified, all of which were removed
to an institution. Three of the cases died.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Thirty-two cases of purulent eye discharge in the
newly-born were notified to me, 31 by doctors and 1 by
a midwife.

These results are satisfactory, and if the present
standard of care for the eyes of the newly-born is
maintained, considerably less blindness should ensue in
later life.