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continued at the School Clinics. During the year the cases
dealt with were as follows:—
Operation for Tonsils and Adenoids 1
Minor Ailments 28
Dental Treatment -
Total 24
In addition arrangements were made, as before, with
the Hammersmith District Nursing Association for the
services of a nurse when required, to ensure adequate
attention in cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Pneumonia
and Measles.
Infectious Diseases of Mothers and Children
Under Five Years of Age.
Statistics showing the incidence of all infectious diseases
during the year are included in the general report, but in
so far as they relate particularly to diseases of parturient
women and children under five years of age, are tabulated
below:—
Disease.
No. of
Cases
Notified.
Previous
Year.
No. of
Cases
Visited.
No. of
Cases
Nursed.
No. of
Cases Removed
to
Hospital.
Puerperal Fever 2 2 2 - 2
Puerperal Pyrexia 22 33 22 - 20
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum 11 10 11 3 3
Epidemic
Diarrhæa* 30 20 - 1 -
Measles & German
Measles (under 5)† 628 83 628 63 240
Whooping Cough
(under 5)† 153 167 153 10 61
Poliomyelitis
(under 5) 1 2 1 - 1
* Summer Diarrhcea.—As this is not a notifiable disease the figures
available are those of deaths which were registered as having been
due to this cause.
† Not notifiable diseases.