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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.
18 cases were notified during the year and of these 7 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 1938.
On January 1st, 1938, there were 64 patients in hospital
and during the year 689 cases were admitted, the total number
treated during 1938 being, therefore, 753. The number
of admissions was 205 more than in the previous year, this
being due in part to increased incidence of Diphtheria and,
to a lesser extent, of Scarlet Fever, but in the main caused
by the greater number of out-district cases admitted.
There were 12 deaths and 691 discharges during the year,
leaving 50 patients in hospital on December 31st 1938.
The above facts, classified according to the disease
notified on admission, are shown in the following table:—