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Whooping Cough.
As in measles much of the information obtained with regard to this disease is
derived from the death returns, and during 1914 the number of deaths registered as
due to whooping cough was 16 as against 11 in 1913, 15 in 1912 and 30 in 1911.
All the 16 deaths were of children under 5 years of age; 7 were less than 1,
6 less than 2 but more than 1, and 3 more than 2 but less than 5 years of age.
Isolation in hospital is carried out in the case of whooping cough as in measles,
and 13 certificates were granted during the year.
Glanders.
No case of glanders in the human being was notified during the year, and no
notices of outbreaks of the disease in stables in the Borough were received from the
London County Council. The order making the notification of glanders compulsory
came into operation on 1st January, 1908, since when, viz., in November, 1908, only
1 case has been notified.
Chicken Pox.
This disease being no longer notifiable in 1914, the only information with regard
to it came from the schools. The numbers reported and the schools affected are
given in the table on page 34.
Polio-Encephalitis and Myelitis.
These diseases remained notifiable during the year; no notification was, however,
received.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
This disease—inflammation of the eyes in newly-born children—made notifiable
by order of the London County Council In 1911, continued to be so during the whole
of 1914. The total number of cases notified was 25, as against 9 in 1913, and 19
in 1912. Visits were paid to all notified cases, none of which were particularly
serious, by the women inspectors.
Tuberculosis.
So far as tuberculosis is concerned 1914 is an interesting year, because it is the
first complete year in which there has been full compulsory notification in respect of
all cases.