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Typhoid Fever (including Para-typhoid).
In 1937 no cases of para-typhoid or typhoid were notified.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
No cases were notified last year.
Patients who have been notified in former years are visited
from time to time, and below will be found the present condition
of the patients as far as can be ascertained:—
One died in hospital from the disease.
One had not had treatment for a considerable period and was
considered cured.
Three had removed to unknown addresses, and one had
removed to Surrey.
Diseases of Animals Act, 1894-1935—Rabies Order 1919.
No notifications under the above Order were received from the
Veterinary Inspector of the London County Council.
Trench Fever, Malaria and Dysentery.
One case of malaria, induced for therapeutic purposes, was
notified last year.
Eighteen cases of dysentery were notified in 1937.
Cases of dysentery formerly have been admissible to the
infectious hospitals only on the application of the Medical Officer
of Health. They may now be admitted on the direct application
of a medical practitioner.
The cases of dysentery were all of the Sonne variety, and arose
chiefly in residents of the Borough who were inmates of a hospital,
in some cases for another illness.
Puerperal Pyrexia, Puerperal Fever and Ophthalmia
Neonatorum.
These diseases are dealt with in the part of the Report dealing
with Maternity and Child Welfare.