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The sources of infection were mostly previous cases. There
was no outbreak traceable to any common cause such as infected
milk or school contagion.
Measles.
The number of deaths for 1918 was 71, against 72 in 1917,
42 in 1916 and 110 in 1915.
There was a considerable prevalence of measles in the
Metropolis which was shared in by Bermondsey. The number
of primary cases notified was 1,524, including 220 cases of
German measles and 1,304 of measles.
Enteric Fever.
6 cases of enteric fever were notified, being 3 for Bermondsey,
2 for Rotherhithe, and 1 for St. Olave. 1 case was
returned as not suffering, making an actual total of 5. The total
number of cases notified in the previous year was 7.
Puerperal Fever.
2 eases of puerperal fever were notified. Death resulted in
both eases.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There were 13 cases of this disease notified during the year.
Under this heading is included every kind of " sore eyes "
occurring in the newly born. They were all visited by the
Health Visitors who instructed the mother in each case to immediately
seek medical advice.
Cerebrospinal Meningitis.
6 cases were notified in 1918, no cases were returned as not
suffering. Most of them consisted of the sporadic form known as
posterior-basic meningitis. Two of them occurred in children
under one year of age.
Polio-Myelitis.
8 cases were notified in 1918, against nil in 1917.