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Wandsworth 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases. 27
Polio-myelitis and Polio-encephalitis.
Five cases occurred, none of which proved fatal.
All the five cases were admitted during the year for treatment
at Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton, under the scheme arranged
by the London County Council.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Four cases of this disease occurred and one death was
registered.
Malaria.
One case was notified. No death occurred.
Dysentery.
Four cases of Dysentery were notified and no death occurred.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
34 cases were notified.
31 of them recovered without any impairment of vision, one
case died from Premature birth, another removed from the Borough,
and one case was still under treatment at the end of the year.
TABLE XIV.
| Result of Treatment. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recovered— Vision not affected. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Died. | |
| Treatment received :— | ||||
| In Hospital | 11 | — | — | — |
| At Hospital, Out-patient | 1 | — | — | — |
| At home | 19 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 31 | — | — | 1 |