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Enteric Fever.
During 1933 three cases of Enteric Fever were notified in
Battersea. Another case notified was subsequently cancelled, the
diagnosis not being confirmed at hospital.
Two deaths of Battersea residents were registered during the
year as being due to this disease, one being notified from Bolingbroke
Hospital, and dying there, and one (an un-notified case) dying in a
mental hospital outside London.
In two of the three notified cases the patient was stated to be
suffering from "para-typhoid B," a milder type of the typhoid
group, and one of these proved fatal. B. Typhosus was reported
to have been found in the mental case.
Two cases of "Continued Fever" were also notified during the
year, but both were cancelled, the patients on removal to hospital
being certified to be suffering from Erysipelas and Scarlet Fever
respectively.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
During 1933, 4 cases of Cerebro-Spinal Fever were notified
in Battersea, the diagnosis of these sporadic cases, which occurred
in different Wards of the Borough, being confirmed on removal of
the patients to hospital in each case.
All four cases proved fatal.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Two notifications of this disease were received during 1933,
but both were subsequently cancelled, the diagnosis not being
confirmed on removal of the patients to hospital. One death was
registered as being due to this disease during the year, the patient
who had been notified in 1925, dying in St. John's hospital.
In London the number of cases notified during the year was
23, and in England and Wales 440.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There were 16 cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum notified in
Battersea during 1933, as compared with 30 in 1932, 37 in 1931,
34 in 1930, and 43 in 1929. The rate per 1,000 births was 7.1.
There were 4 severe cases amongst the 16 notified, which were
removed to St. Margaret's (L.C.C.) Hospital for treatment, and one
un-notified case also received treatment in that hospital.
No case of permanent injury to the eyes was recorded during
the year.
During 1933 the number of visits paid by nurses, under arrangements
made by the Council, to cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum
or other inflammatory condition of the eyes of the newly-born
was 2,454. All cases were kept under systematic supervision by
the Health Visitng Staff, and 49 visits were made to the homes
of these children.