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Puerperal Fever.
Seven cases of Puerperal Fever were notified as compared with 11
in the previous year. There were 3 deaths.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Ten cases were notified during the year. These were visited
by the Health Visitors, and, where necessary, by a Ranyard Nurse, in
accordance with the Council's scheme for the provision of nursing
assistance. 3 cases were admitted to hospitals.
From subsequent enquiries it has been ascertained that 8 patients
recovered with no apparent impairment of vision. Two patients moved
from the district and no information as to their present condition is
available.
Measles.
Under the Deptford (Measles) Regulations, 1922, made by the
Ministry of Health on the request of this Council, Measles is now a
notifiable disease. These regulations came into operation on the
11th September, 1922. 28 cases were notified from that date to the
end of the year under report, and were visited by your Health Visitors
and arrangements were made by the Ranyard Nurses' Association for
daily visits of a nurse to such cases as your Medical Officer of Health
deemed advisable.
Diarrhoea and Enteritis.
Infantile Diarrhoea occurring in children two years of age and
under is notifiable in this Borough by Order of the Council dated
27th July, 1920. During the year 1922, 5 such cases were notified.
Diarrhœa and Enteritis caused 12 deaths during the year, and of this
number, 11 were children under two years of age.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
Two patients were notified as suffering from this disease during
the year. There was one death.
Malaria.
Four cases of Malaria were notified in the persons of ex-service
men who had contracted the disease in the East.