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Puerperal Fever.
Six cases of Puerperal Fever were notified as compared with a
similar number in the previous year. There were 2 deaths.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
25 cases were notified during the year. These were visited by
the Health Visitors, and, where necessary, by a Ranyard Nurse, in
accordance with the Council's scheme for the provision of nursing
assistance. 10 cases were admitted to hospitals.
From subsequent enquiries it has been ascertained that 21 patients
recovered with no apparent impairment of vision, 3 infants died from
other causes, and in the remaining case the infant left the Borough at
the age of one month while still under treatment.
Measles.
Under the Deptford (Measles) Regulations, 1922, made by the
Ministry of Health on the request of this Council, Measles is now a
notifiable disease. These regulations came into operation on the
11th September, 1922, and terminate on September 11th, 1927. 1,282
cases were notified during the year under report, and were visited by
your Health Visitors and arrangements were made by the Ranyard
Nurses' Association for daily visits of a nurse to such cases as your
Medical Officer of Health deemed advisable.
Diarrhœa and Enteritis.
Infantile Diarrhoea occurring in children two years of age and
under is notifiable in this Borough by Order of the Council dated
27th July, 1920. During the year 1924, 20 such cases were notified.
Diarrhoea and Enteritis caused 21 deaths during the year, and of this
number, 16 were children under two years of age.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
One patient was notified as suffering from this disease during
the year, but, after removal to hospital, the patient was certified not to
be suffering from this disease.
Malaria and Dysentery.
Five cases of Malaria were notified in the persons of ex-service
men who had contracted the disease in the East. One case of Amoebic
Dysentery was notified.
Eucephalitis Lethargia.
24 cases were notified.