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Acute Encephalitis Lethakgica.
There were 6 cases reported.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
Four cases of this disease were notified.
Acute Primary Pneumonia and Acute Influenzal
Pneumonia.
One hundred and ninety-three cases of acute
primary pneumonia and 33 cases of acute influenzal
pneumonia were notified during the year.
In Bethnal Green we are fortunate in having the
services of the District Nursing Association for the
care of these patients, and in the existence in or near
the Borough of several hospitals where the more severe
cases may be treated. Pneumonia should be regarded
as an infectious disease, and the public should appreciate
the risk of its spreading by carriers, both
convalescents and attendants upon patients. It is
usually most prevalent in the early spring and late
winter. Dust, cold, damp, lack of sunshine, overcrowding,
smoky atmosphere, and indiscriminate
spitting in public places, all undoubtedly influence
the pneumonia rate. At present, the only forms of
pneumonia which are notifiable are those specified
in this heading, but it would greatly facilitate the
study of pneumonia infections if all forms, such as
Broncho Pneumonia, were made notifiable, and if the
type of the disease were given on the notification.
Special supervision is desirable in the case of children
who have recovered from Broncho Pneumonia following
Whooping Cough or Measles, and this would be rendered
possible by a wider notification of Pneumonia.
Statistics and notes with regard to Puerperal Fever,
Ophthalmia Neonatorum and Home Nursing will be
found in the section relating to Maternity and Child
Welfare.