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Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—Two notifications were received
during the year : one case was admitted to the White Oak Hospital,
Swanley, whilst the remaining case was treated at home. Both
cases occurred in East Greenwich and were followed up by the Health
Visitor and kept under observation until full recovery. Neither
case proved to be of venereal type, nor were any permanent effects
reported.
There were five cases during 1947.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.—During 1948 four cases were
notified as compared with 7 for the previous year and 5 for 1946.
All the patients received hospital treatment. There were no
deaths.
Acute Anterior Polio-Myelitis.—Of the five confirmed
cases of the disease, one notification referred to a case which
occurred in the latter part of December, 1947. There were two
cases in East Greenwich, 1 in West Greenwich, and 2 in Charlton
and Kidbrooke.
There were no deaths. In 1947 there were 16 confirmed cases
with two deaths.
Tuberculosis.—With the coming into effect, on 5th July,
1948, of the National Health Service Act, 1946, the main duties
of the Council passed to the London County Council and the South
East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. The responsibility
for notification, disinfection, etc., remains with the Sanitary
Authority.
During the year 124 cases of Tuberculosis were notified in the
Borough, 10 less than 1947. Of this number 109 were of the
pulmonary type, ordinarily known as consumption, and 15 were
non-pulmonary, i.e. tuberculosis of parts of the body other than
the lungs. The following table gives the distribution :—
East Greenwich
West Greenwich
St. Nicholas, Deptford
Charlton and Kidbrooke
Totals
Pulmonary
41
24
5
39
109
NonPulmonary
3
3
1
8
15
Total
44
27
6
47
124