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Pemphigus, Puerperal Sepsis and Puerperal
Pyrexia.
Remarks concerning the above notifiable diseases
are contained in the section of the report dealing with
Maternity and Child Welfare.
Blindness.
Circular 1621, issued in August, 1937, advised
County Councils and Local Supervising Authorities as
to methods calculated to prevent blindness. Following
this circular, arrangements were made with the County
Council for the treatment of children under school age
suffering from ocular defects to be treated by the
County Ophthalmic Specialist. A further recommendation
that 1 per cent. silver nitrate should be used as a
prophylactic for the eyes of newly born infants was also
put into operation. Further, arrangements have been
made whereby the services of the County Venereal
Diseases Officer are made available at the ante-natal
clinics when necessary.
The Members and Officers of the Local Authority
continue to work in close relationship with the Association
for the Welfare of the Blind which operates in this
district.
The number of children under the age of five years
who were referred to the County Ophthalmic Surgeon
during the year for treatment was 32.
Cancer.
The following table gives the age incidence of fatal
cases of cancer affecting certain specified sites:—