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Health Visitors.—The Health Visitors visit infants notified under the Notification of Births
Act, cases of ophthalmia in the newly born, infants suffering from tuberculosis and notified cases
of puerperal fever. They assist in the work of the voluntary schools for mothers. During the year
1,785 infants were visited shortly after birth and 6,840 visits in all for the purposes mentioned
above were made.

The age period of cases notified and the ward distribution will be found in Table II.,
with the age period of deaths in Table III., Appendix.
Diarrhoea.—57 deaths were registered as due to Diarrhoea or Enteritis, 36 of which occurred
during the first year of life.
Small Pox.—No case of Small Pox occurred in the Borough during the year. Thirtyseven
cases were notified in London.
Puerperal Fever.—Only four cases were notified during the year, the average annual
number being ten. There was no death from puerperal fever.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—Twenty-eight cases of ophthalmia in newly born infants
were notified during the year.
Tuberculosis.—Three hundred and thirty-six persons were notified for the first time as
suffering from tuberculosis of the lungs; and 96 as suffering from other forms of tuberculosis.
The following tables set out the Deaths from Tuberculosis and Death Rates per 1,000 of the
population, the distribution of the notified cases in the several wards of the Borough, and the
Forms of Tuberculosis in the persons notified:—