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Wandsworth 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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34 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1937.
Dysentery.
32 cases of Dysentery were notified and one death occurred.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
24 cases were notified. 20 of these recovered without any
impairment of vision, and one case died from Marasmus following
prematurity. Three of the infants removed from the Borough,
and the final condition of the eyes was not ascertainable.
TABLE XIII.
| Result of Treatment. | Removed from Borough. | Still under Treatment. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recovered— Vision not affected. | Vision Impaired . | Total Blindness. | Died. | |||
| Treatment received:— | ||||||
| In Hospital | 5 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — |
| At Hospital, Out-patient | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| At home | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 20 | - | - | I | 3 | — |
Measles.
The number of cases brought to my notice during the year
October 1st, 1936, to September 30th, 1937, was 439.
Two cases died during the calendar year; the death-rate per
1,000 of the population was .005.
36 cases of German Measles were also reported.
Table XIV. shows the number of cases of Measles and the
deaths from the disease for the last 10 years. The upper portion
of the Table, which gives the figures for each year commencing
the 1st October, shows clearly the biennial increase which occurs
in the incidence and mortality. The figures for each calendar
year are also given for purposes of comparison.
98 cases were removed to hospital, compared with 151 in
the non-epidemic year of 1935.