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Puerperal Pyrexia.—14 cases were notified as compared
with 10 the previous year. All cases received hospital treatment.
Pneumonia and Influenzal Pneumonia.—Acute Primary
Pneumonia and Influenzal Pneumonia are notifiable diseases under
the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) London Regulations, 1927.
During 1933 13 notifications were received of Acute Primary
Pneumonia (3 less than the previous year), and 14 notifications of
Influenzal Pneumonia as compared with 3 the previous year.
There were 35 deaths from Pneumonia during 1933 as compared
with 40 in 1932.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—Eight cases of this disease were
notified during the year ; all of these were mild and responded
readily to treatment with no resulting impairment of vision.
All cases nursed at home were regularly visited by the health
visitors to ensure that continuous treatment was being carried out.
The particulars of the cases notified, as required by the Ministry
of Health are set out in the following Table :—

Encephalitis Lethargica.—No notification of this disease
was received during the year, but one death which occurred in a
hospital outside the Borough was certified to be due to this disease.
Poliomyelitis.—No notifications of this disease were received
during the year.
Erysipelas.—31 cases of this disease were notified during
the year as compared with 27 in 1932.
Influenza.—This disease was generally prevalent during the
first quarter of the year, and appeared to be of a more severe type
than in the year previous.