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With the sanction of the Ministry of Health the Borough Council
has made arrangements for the services of a skilled obstetric consultant
in puerperal cases and in cases of difficult labour, when desired by
the medical practitioner in attendance. No cases required consultation
during the year.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
One case of ophthalmia neonatorum was notified during the year.
As required by the Ministry of Health, particulars of the notified cases
are set out in the following table :—

Four cases of the disease were notified in the previous year.
Nursing—By arrangement with the Chelsea District Nursing Association,
home nursing is provided for infants suffering from this disease.
POLIOMYELITIS AND POLIO-ENCEPHALITIS.
No case of Poliomyelitis was notified during the year. One case of
polio-encephalitis was notified and treated in hospital.
ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA.
No case of Encephalitis Lethargica was notified during the year.
Six visits to old cases of Encephalitis Lethargica were made by the
Woman Sanitary Inspector.
Encephalitis Lethargica is undoubtedly infectious, but the infectivity
is of very low nature. The sequelae may be serious, as in most cases
some permanent damage to the brain tissue occurs. The disease was
made compulsorily notifiable from 1st January, 1919.
Deaths.—There was no death from this disease during the year.
CHICKEN POX.
With the approval of the Ministry of Health, the Borough Council
under Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, made the
disease known as chicken pox notifiable in the Borough on, and from,
the 12th August, 1929.
Ninety-eight notifications were received during the year. Of these,
37 were treated in hospital.