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SMALL-POX.
One or two patients in whom there was suspicion of small-pox
were seen during the year by the Medical Officer of Health, but no
genuine cases occurred and there were no re-vaccinations under the
Public Health (Small-pox Prevention) Regulations, 1917.
WHOOPING COUGH AND MEASLES REGULATIONS, 1936.
The Bermondsey (Whooping Cough and Measles) Regulation,
1936, which came into force on the 1st October, 1936, make
these two diseases compulsorily notifiable in certain cases of
children under five. These regulations apply to the first case
occurring in a household ; subsequent cases occurring in the same
household within a period of two months from the date of the first
notification are not required to be notified.
WHOOPING COUGH.
The total number of cases of whooping cough brought to
my notice during the year was 407; of this number 103 were
notified under the regulations during the last quarter of the year,
and 304 were reported to me from various sources. Eighty-seven
patients were treated in hospital and nursing was provided for
12 patients at home. There were five deaths, four of which
occurred in hospital and one at home; all were due to broncho
pneumonia.
MEASLES.
The total number of cases notified and reported was 1,288,
which is very slightly less than the number reported during the
last epidemic; 329 patients were removed to hospital and nursing
was provided for 117 patients at home. There were 20 deaths
from this disease, 17 in hospital and three at home. The deaths
all occurred between January and May, and in 16 cases broncho
pneumonia was a contributory cause of death. In the remaining
cases the contributory causes of death were lobar pneumonia (1),
infantile convulsions (1), septicaemia and osteomyelitis (1), and
toxaemia and otitis media (1).
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