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The cases per 1,000 births numbered 12.0 in Shore ditch as compared with 10 4
for London as a whole. In addition to the cases notified, 72 cases of inflammation
of the eyes in the newly born were reported by the Medical Officer of Health of the
London County Council.
The Health Visitor does all that lies in her power to secure that the child receives
prompt and thorough treatment, and she keeps cases under close observation until
the eyes are cured.
At St. Margaret's Hospital—a special institution of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board for the treatment of this disease—mothers can be admitted with their infants,
thus securing continuity of breast-feeding.
Three of the cases notified during the year were nursed by the nurses of the
Shore ditch and Bethnal Green Nursing Association, the nurses acting under the
instructions of the Doctor in charge of the case.
Cerebro- Spinal Meningitis.
Six cases were certified during the year:—
Male 7 months, removed to Hospital and died.
Male 24/12years, removed to Queen's Hospital.
Female 4 years, removed to Queen's Hospital.
Male 11/12 year, removed to Queen's Hospital and died.
Male 5 years, removed to Metropolitan Hospital.
Male 12 years, removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital and died.
Encephalitis Lethargic.
Two cases were notified during the year, of which the particulars are as follows:—
A female aged 38 years and a male aged 29 years.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Two cases were certified during the year:—
A male aged 3 years removed to hospital.
A female aged 16 years removed to St. Leonard's Hospital and died.
Acute Primary Pneumonia.
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.
The number of cases notified during the year was as follows:—
Acute primary pneumonia 143
Influenzal pneumonia 37
Of the 180 cases thus brought to the notice of the Department it was found that
137 were receiving treatment in various institutions, as follows:—98 in St. Leonard's
Hospital, 6 in the Metropolitan Hospital, 5 in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 5 in the
Mild may Hospital, and 23 in other institutions. Of the cases treated at home,
3 were visited by the Nurses of the Shore ditch and Bethnal Green District Nursing
Association, acting under the direction of the doctor in charge of the case.