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Poliomyelitis.— Five cases were reported, but in
one the diagnosis was not confirmed. All recovered
with slight paresis.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Fifty-seven babies
were notified as suffering from ophthalmia, 18 being
reported by midwives, and the remainder by doctors.
Seven cases were removed to hospital. With one
exception all recovered with unimpaired sight.
Measles was epidemic throughout the borough
during the first half of the year, and 2,021 cases were
notified, of which 1,967 occurred between January and
July. Of these, 1,889 were reported by doctors, and
121 by relatives.
Fatality. Seventy-five deaths were ascribed to
measles, giving a case mortality of 3˙7 per cent.
Provision of Nursing for Measles. — In March
the Borough Council made arrangements with the
Fulham and Hammersmith District Nursing Association
for the services of nurses in cases reported to
them by the Medical Officer of Health as requiring
nursing assistance.
German Measles. — 361 cases of German Measles
were notified, which was most prevalent in Baron's
Court Ward. No death was attributed to the disease.

Of the above 700 were notifications of new cases, 582
being of pulmonary and 118 of other forms of tuberculosis.
The following table gives the age and sex distribution
of the cases :—