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be due to some one or other condition associated with
child-birth; four of them were returned as hæmorrhage,
two as convulsions, and one each as prolonged labour
and thrombosis.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Thirty-four infants were reported to be suffering
from this disease. The mothers had been attended by
medical men in seventeen cases, by midwives in fourteen
and by maternity hospital assistants in three. At
the end of the year one of the infants was still under
treatment, but the remainder had recovered without
obvious impairment of vision. Of two cases which were
under treatment at the commencement of the year, a
complete cure was effected in one, but the other had been
lost sight of, as the parents had removed from Bethnal
Green.
CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.
Nineteen cases of Cerebro-spinal Meningitis were
notified during the year; all but two of the cases were
under fifteen years of age, ten were fatal.
The Public Health Committee decided that in cases
where such a course might be definitely approved by me
specimens of cerebro-spinal fluid should be submitted to
examination by the Clinical Research Association at the
cost of the Council, and two samples were so submitted;
a positive result was obtained in one case but the other
was negative.
ACUTE POLIO-MYELITIS.
Nine cases of this disease were notified, with one
death.