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Ten were treated in hospital or infirmary, and those
kept at home who required special attention were
referred to the Fulham District Nursing Association.
The results of the notified cases were as under:—
Recovered with unimpaired sight 34
Right eye, sight injured (corneal opacity) 1
Still under treatment 1
Slight conjunctivitis still present. Cornea undamaged
4
Left district (said to have recovered) 4
Died since notification 3
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Whooping Cough.—The borough was exceptionally
free from whooping cough during 1919, and there were
only four deaths from it against a quinquennial average
of 44. Arrangements have been made with the
Nursing Association for the nursing of cases of the
disease.
Diarrhoea.—On the recommendation of the Maternity
and Infant Welfare Committee, the Council made
an order in July last requiring the notification of
all cases of the disease known as epidemic diarrhoea
or zymotic enteritis occurring in children under
5 years of age, for the period ended November 30th,
1919; and on its expiration, made, with the sanction
of the Ministry of Health, a further Order making
the disease permanently notifiable. All the notified
cases were visited by the Health Visitors, and
arrangements were made, as has been stated
above, for the treatment in the Babies' Hospital
of those which could not be satisfactorily nursed at
home. There was, however, much less diarrhoea in
Fulham last year than has ever been the case, and only
83 cases were notified—44 of infants under 12 months
and 39 of children between 1 and 5 years ; and the
deaths numbered 44, the numbers for the four quarters
being :—
1st quarter 14
2nd „ 4
3rd „ 19
4th 7
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