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Cerebro-Spinal Fever
Twelve cases occurred during 1941, and four patients unfortunately
died.
Influenza
During the year thirteen deaths from influenza were recorded.
Eight were males and five females. The previous year five deaths
were registered.
Prevention of Blindness
By an arrangement with the London County Council cases
of ophthalmia neonatorum can be treated at Whiteoaks Hospital,
Swanley Junction, Kent.
Blind children are looked after by the Surrey Voluntary
Association for the Blind.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
During the year three cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were
notified: —•
Cases
Notified
Treated
At Home In Hospital
Vision
Unimpaired
Vision
Impaired
Total
Blindness
Deaths
3 2 1 3 nil. nil. nil.
School Notifications
The school intimation notices of infectious disease are
always compared with the notifications received from the medical
practitioners. If any case on the school return is found to be
unnotified, investigations are made in order to find out if the
patient is receiving medical attention.
The school notices also give fairly accurate estimate of the
prevalence of non-notifiable infectious disease, such as chicken
pox, mumps, etc. The numbers so notified are reported on under
various diseases mentioned later in this report.
Cancer.
The number of deaths from cancer registered during the year
was 84, of which 46 were males and 38 were females.
Cancer is mainly a disease of the digestive system, with the
exception of its preference for the generative system in females.
The site distribution for 1941 was as follows:—