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ERYSIPELAS.
81 cases were notified and 7 deaths occurred, as compared with 92 cases and 9
deaths during the previous year.
CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.
(Cerebro-Spinal Fever, Meningococcal Meningitis, "Spotted Fever.")
Two cases were notified and both died.
ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS AND POLIOENCEPHALITIS.
Two cases were notified, of which one moved away and one died.
This disease, the popular name for which is infantile paralysis, causes paralysis of
certain muscles with resulting serious deformity. A very great deal can be done for children
who have had this disease if they are placed under expert care, and if this is continued for
many years after the initial illness.
Every effort is made to follow up these cases.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
The number of cases notified was 31, excluding one case which came to notice after
death, and in addition 30 cases of mild inflammation of the eyes were reported. One case
moved out of the Borough and was lost sight of.
Twenty-six cases all recovered satisfactorily, without impairment of vision, but one
case was left with severe scarring. Further particulars are given on page 120 of Maternity
and Child Welfare Section.
ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA.
No cases were notified during the year, but the death was reported of a previously
notified case.
PNEUMONIA.
This disease is a frequent complication of other diseases, such as Measles. When it
occurs in that manner it is not notifiable.
The notifiable forms of Pneumonia are Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.
There were 182 notifications of the former and 46 of the latter, including Influenza, during
1936 (as compared with 151 and 44 respectively for 1935). There were 13 deaths from all
forms of Pneumonia during the year.
If requested by the medical attendant, a visiting nurse is supplied in necessitous cases
at the cost of the Borough Council. In 1936, 34 cases were nursed under this arrangement
and 630 nursing visits were paid.
MALARIA.
22 cases were notified and there was one death. They were all old cases in which the
disease had been contracted abroad. Cases of Malaria diagnosed in the borough are notified to
this Authority.
Of the cases notified 20 were in-patients of the hospital for Tropical Diseases,
Endsleigh Gardens. The remaining two cases were induced Malaria for therapeutic purposes.
In two instances the home address was in St. Pancras.
DYSENTERY.
57 cases were notified during the year, of which three died, and on investigation it
was shown that 8 of them did not really belong to St. Pancras. The same rule for the notification
of Malaria (as described above) applies to Dysentery. Eight of the cases were in-patients
of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, none of whom was a St. Pancras resident.