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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 1920 was 56, against 18 in 1919,
71 in 1918, and 72 in 1917.
Enteric Fever.
7 cases of enteric fever were notified, being 5 for Bermondsey,
1 for Rotherhithe, and 1 for St. Olave. Two cases were returned
as not suffering. The total number of cases notified in
the previous years was 6.
Puerperal Fever.
21 cases of puerperal fever were notified. Death resulted in
9 cases.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There were 37 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 imme-diately
seek medical advice.
Cerebrospinal Meningitis.
6 cases were notified in 1920, no cases were returned as not
suffering. Most of them consisted of the sporadic form known as
posterior-basic meningitis. Three cases occurred in children under
one year of age.
Polio-Myelitis.
No cases were notified in 1920, against 2 in 1919.
Bacteriological Laboratory.
The total number of specimens examined in 1920 was 1,422
as compared with 954 in 1919, and 1055 in 1918.