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Wandsworth 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases. 31
One child was admitted during the year for treatment at
Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton, under the scheme provided
by the L.C.C.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Three cases of this disease occurred and two of them died.
Three other cases were notified, but as they were found, after
further investigation, to be suffering from some other disease,
they are not included in these figures.
Malaria.
Two cases were notified. No death occurred.
Dysentery.
Two cases of Dystentery were notified and no death
occurred.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
31 cases were notified and the following Table shows the
effect of the disease on the vision, according to whether the
cases were treated at hospital or at home.
TABLE XVI.
| Result of Treatment. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recovered— Vision not affected. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Died. | |
| Treatment received:— | ||||
| In Hospital | 5 | — | — | 1 |
| At Hospital, Out-patient | 4 | — | — | — |
| At home | 20 | — | — | 1 |
| Total | 29 | — | — | 2 |