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Erysipelas. Fifteen notifications were received and of this
number five received hospital treatment and ten were treated
at home.
Sites affected were face 12, arm 1 and leg 2.
There were no deaths.
Puerperal Pyrexia. Notifications were received in respect
of 15 cases of Puerperal Pyrexia, giving an incidence rate of
14.4 per thousand total births. Three were in respect of nonresidents
who were confined in this district and the remainder,
of residents of Merton and Morden.
Of the total, 7 were confined in hospitals and 4 were
subsequently removed to hospital after the onset of illness.
The Puerperal Pyrexia Regulations, 1939, which came into
operation on the 1st April, 1939, did not materially alter the
existing requirements, but were made with the object of clarifying
the position relating to the notification of cases of
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Two eases of Ophthalmia
Neonatorum were notified. One was a severe gonococcal infection,
but recovered after treatment in a special hospital. The
other a staphylococcal infection completely recovered after home
treatment.

Prevention of Blindness. Information as to blindness
occurring in children under five years coming to our notice
through the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme is transmitted
to the Surrey Voluntary Association for the Blind in
accordance with the recommendation contained in Memo.
162/B.D.
No action was taken under Section 66 of the Public
Health Act, 1925, nor under Section 176 of the Public Health
Act, 1936.
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