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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
There has been an increase in the number of these notifications
compared with the two previous years, 154 cases having been
notified, compared with 84 in 1910, and 130 in 1909.
There was an increase of 38 from the notification of PolioMyelitis,
Ophthalmia Neonatorum and Chicker-pox, which were
not notifiable in 1910, but there was also an increase in the number
of cases of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Enteric Fever.
The greatest number of notifications were received from the
St. James's Infirmary.
Of the 21 cases of Ophthalmia Neoratorum notified 11 were
from the Royal Eye Hospital.
Vaccination.
Table XXXV. is taken from the official returns of the Vaccination
Officers to the Board of Guardians for the year 1910. It
shows the number of children successfully vaccinated for the
whole Borough, as well as for the separate sub-districts. Streatham,
Balham and Tooting are included under the heading of
Streatham.