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The County is the authority for the administration of the
Mid wives Act, and the county medical officer of health has
been promptly notified of all cases coming under h,is jurisdiction.
Disinfection of premises and clothing has been systematically
carried out.
MEASLES.
There were 3 deaths during the year. Death-rate, .02 per
1,000 of the population.
27 cases of Measles and 7 of German Measles were visited
by the health visitors.
WHOOPING COUGH.
There were 6 deaths during the year. Death-rate per 1,000
of the population, .05.
3 of these deaths occurred in children under one year of age,
1 between one and two years, 1 between two and five years, and
1 between five and fifteen years.
The health visitors visited 94 cases.
DIARRHCEA AND ENTERITIS.
Diarrhoea and Enteritis caused 39 deaths, 37 of which were
of infants under one year of age, and 2 between one and two
years.
Of these, 9 died at the following Hospitals Queen's Hospital
2, London Hospital 1, East London Hospital (Shadwell) 1,
Children's Hospital (Great Ormond Street) 3, Mildmay Hospital
1, and 1 at Walthamstow Hospital.
Our death-rate from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under two years
was 14.56 per 1,000 births.
CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.
No notifications received.
ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS.
1 case was notified.