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36 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1938.
Table XIII. shows the number of cases of Measles and the
deaths from the disease for the last 10 years. The upper portion
of the Table, which gives the figures for each year commencing
the 1st October, shows clearly the biennial increase which occurs
in the incidence and mortality. The figures for each calendar
year are also given for purposes of comparison.
442 cases were removed to hospital, compared with 509 in
the epidemic year of 1936.
132 cases requiring special home nursing were referred to
District Nursing Associations in the Borough, compared with
109 in 1937, and the nurses made 1,214 visits to these cases, compared
with 1,108 in 1937.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
During the year six cases of Puerperal Fever and 51 cases
of Puerperal Pyrexia were notified. There were two deaths.
The death-rate was .005 per 1,000 of population and .47 per 1,000
(live and still) births.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
32 cases were notified. 22 of these recovered without any
impairment of vision. Nine of the infants removed from the
Borough and the final condition of the eyes was not ascertainable,
and one was still under treatment at the end of the year.