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Enteric fever.
7 cases of enteric fever were notified, being 3 for Bermondsey
and 4 for Rotherhithe. 1 case was returned as not suffering,
making an actual total of 0. The total number of cases notified
in the previous year was 13.
Puerperal Fever.
4 cases of puerperal fever were notified. There were 3
deaths from this disease during the year.
Ophthalmia, Neonatorum.
There were 9 cases of this disease notified during the year.
Under this heading is included every kind of "sore eyes"
occurring in the newly born. They were all visited by the
Health Visitor, who instructed the mother to immediately seek
medical advice.
Cerebrospinal Meningitis.
6 cases were notified in 1917; 1 case was returned as not
suffering. Most of them consisted of the sporadic form known as
posterior-basic meningitis. Two of them occurred in children
under one year of age.
Polio-Myelitis.
No cases were notified in 1017, against 12 in 1916.
Bacteriological Laboratory.
The total number of specimens examined in 1917 whs 1,212,
as compared with 689 in 1916, and 919 in 1915.