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Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis.
No case of this disease was notified during the year. There was one death from
this disease, a male aged 3 years; the condition was not notified during life.
Children of school age attend Hoxton House Centre for physical defectives,
where they are kept under observation and referred to hospital where necessary.
The Invalid Children's Aid Association also renders valuable assistance in assisting
parents with the purchase of appliances which may be necessary for the correction
of deformities.
Pneumonia.
The Ministry of Health Regulations of 1919 made two forms of pneumonia
compulsorily notifiable, viz., acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia.
During the year under review the number of notifications of pneumonia received
was 48, of which 31 were in respect of the primary and 17 of the influenzal type.
The attack rate for the two varieties, based on the notifications received, was
0.36 and 0.20, as compared with 0.38 and 0.06 for 1935.
The number of deaths from pneumonia of all types was 93, which gives a death
rate of 1.09 per 1,000. It will be apparent that during the year under review
influenza contributed very little to the causes of death.
The table on page 40 shows that the cases of acute primary pneumonia were
distributed more or less evenly throughout all the age groups. The highest incidence
was in the first quarter, but there was also a high incidence in the fourth quarter.
Of the 48 cases of pneumonia brought to the notice of this department, 18
received treatment in St. Leonard's Hospital, and 4 in the Archway Hospital. In
addition to the 48 cases, 35 cases of pneumonia of types which are not notifiable
were visited by members of The District Nursing Association, who paid in all 640
visits to pneumonia cases.
Anthrax.
No case of this disease was notified during the year.
Measles.
The deaths from measles during 1936 numbered 41, and occurred in the following
age groups—under 1 year, 7; between 1 and 2 years, 24; between 2 and 5 years, 8;
between 5 and 10 years, 2. Measles was responsible for 24.5 per cent. of all deaths of
children under 5 years of age. Of the 41 deaths, 37 occurred in hospital.