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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 1919 was 18, against 71 in 1918,
72 in 1917, and 42 in 1916.
The number of primary cases notified was 594, including 45
cases of German measles and 549 of measles.
Enteric Fever.
6 cases of enteric fever were notified, being 3 for Bermondsey,
2 for Rotherhithe, and 1 for St. Olave. No cases were returned
as not suffering. The total number of cases notified in
the previous year was 6.
Puerperal Fever.
2 cases of puerperal fever were notified. Death resulted in
both cases.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There were 32 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.
4 cases were notified in 1919, no cases were returned as not
suffering. Most of them consisted of the sporadic form known as
posterior-basic meningitis. One case occurred in a child under
one year of age.
Polio-Myelitis.
2 cases were notified in 1919, against 8 in 1918.