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TYPHOID FEVER.
One case of Typhoid Fever was notified during the year.
PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
Thirteen cases of Pyrexia were notified, 7 occurred in the
Beckenham and Penge Joint Maternity Home.
The table on page 34 gives details of the cases.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
One case was notified.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The table on page 35 gives details of the number of new cases,
the deaths, the age and sex of the patients, and the wards to which
they belong.
The total of 71 cases compares with 60, 72, 67, 69 and 36 in the
preceding five years. There were 25 deaths.
In addition to the 71 new cases there were 24 definite cases
transferred from other areas, 2 cases restored to the register, and
at the end of the year the number of notified cases in the area was :—
129 Pulmonary Males, 111 Pulmonary Females, 37 nonPulmonary
Males, and 32 non-Pulmonary Females; a total of 309
cases, which compares with 286 last year. 80 cases were placed off
the register for the following reasons: died, 29; cured, 10; withdrawn
(not T.B.), 1 ; left area, 44.
Notification.—In 7 cases notification was not made until after
death, 5 being cases of pulmonary tuberculosis; in 1 of these the
diagnosis was made after a post mortem.
Home Visits.—The Health Visitors call upon new or transferred
cases which are likely to require treatment through the Dispensary,
and advise them how to obtain treatment and upon precautions to
take against the spread of infection. The Nurses made 642 visits to
cases on the register, and 89 out of the notified and transferred
cases were visited.