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OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Arrangements have been made with the London County
Council for the admission of children suffering from this
disease to be admitted to St. Margaret's Hospital, where the
severity of the symptoms render hospital treatment a
necessity.
8 cases were notified during the year and of these 3 were
removed to St. Margaret's Hospital for treatment. All cases
were followed up by the Health Visitors and in each case the
final report indicated that the condition had cleared up and
that the child's vision was unimpaired.
HENDON ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
CASES TREATED DURING 1937.
On January 1st, 1937, there were 54 patients in hospital;
during the year 484 cases were admitted, thus the total
number of patients treated in the hospital during 1937 was
538. The total number of admissions was one more than in
the preceding year, an increase in the number of Diphtheria
and Erysipelas cases having been balanced by a decrease in
the number of Measles and Scarlet Fever cases.
There were 20 deaths and 454 discharges during the year,
leaving on December 31st, 1937, 64 patients in hospital.
The above facts, classified according to the disease notified
on admission, are shown in the following table:—