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Erysipelas
Twenty-four cases were notified. Eight cases were removed
to hospital.
Puerperal Pyrexia
Three cases were notified during the year.
Pneumonia
Forty-three cases of primary pneumonia were notified during
the year. The number of deaths from all forms of pneumonia,
some of which are not notifiable, was 30, of which 22 were males
and 8 females.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever
Two cases occurred during 1948. There were two deaths, one
male and one female.
Influenza
During the year three deaths from influenza were recorded, of
which one was a male and two were females. The previous year
three 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 nine cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were
notified.
Poliomyelitis
Seven cases of poliomyelitis were notified during the year,
of which the diagnosis was subsequently confirmed in four cases.