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Anterior Poliomyelitis.
Two cases of Anterior Poliomyelitis were notified both in school
children. In neither case was the attack a severe one, and complete
recovery took place.
Pneumonia.
Thirty-eight notifications of pneumonia were received. All
cases notified were visited by the District Nurse, under an arrangement
made between the Council and the District Nursing Association.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
One case of puerperal fever was notified from a hospital outside
the district. The patient made a good recovery. Eleven cases
of puerperal pyrexia were notified, nine of them from hospitals outside
the district, of the remaining two, one was sent to a London
County Council hospital under an arrangement made with the
County Council, and the other was nursed at home.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Three cases of this disease were notified. One case was admitted
to a special hospital, one attended an ophthalmic hospital as an
out-patient, and the third was nursed at home. Complete recovery
took place in all three cases.
Non-Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
The number of cases of non-notifiable infectious diseases
reported to me during the year' from the elementary schools were
as follows.
Chicken-pox 25
Measles 99
Mumps 172
Whooping Cough 146
Skin Infections 12
Total 454