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AcutePoliomyelitis 2 cases of acute poliomyelitis were notified. Both children are receiving
treatment at Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton.
Encephalitis 1 case Was notified during the year, and there were 2 deaths. The death
Lethargica.
rate for the whole Borough was .009 per 1,000 of the popidation. The notified
case referred to a man who died 2 weeks after admission into a local hospital.
11 patients were notified during the year, 6 of which died. The death
Spinal rate for the whole Borough was .02 per 1,000 of the population. 4 cases
Meningitis. recovered and 1 left the district and could not be traced.
Again there has been a decrease in the number of notified cases, there
Ophthalmia being 6 cases as against 13 in the previous year. All the cases were removed
Neonatorum.
to hospital.
11 cases of puerperal fever and 27 cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified
FeverTnd during the year, there being 5 less cases than in the previous year. All these
Puerperal cases were duly investigated and there were 2 deaths. All were removed to
Pyrexia.
hospital.
191 cases of Pneumonia, 23 of Dysentery and 2 of Malaria were notified
Pneumonia under the Regulations during the year. There were 163 deaths from
Malaria and
Dysentery Pneumonia, or 72 less than in the previous year. 106 of these were in persons
Regulations. , _ ,
over 45 years of age.
128 cases of infectious diseases removed to hospital were found not to
Wrong be suffering from the disease stated on the certificate. Of these, 32 were
cases of scarlet fever, 91 of Diphtheria, and 5 of Dysentery. 55 cases were
notified by private practioners and 73 were from public institutions.